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Photo gallery: 10 great reads for the bookworm on your list

In addition to the great CanLit titles featured each month in our print magazine, here are a few releases that would make great gifts for a friend, a loved one – or even for yourself. They range from witty to wise, soulful to silly. Enjoy.

By Doug O’Neill

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Marie-Anne: The Extraordinary Life of Louis Riel’s Grandmother (McCelland & Stewart, 2008) by Maggie Siggins

It was virtually unheard of in 1807: a white woman tackling the fierce wilderness of the Canadian West, facing dangerous portages and deadly storms during a 3,000 kilometre journey and landing in the midst of tribal warfare and a bitter rivalry between the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. Not only did Marie-Anne trade in her dainty shoes for moccasins, but she also became fluent in Ojibwe and Cree. Siggins crafts a vivid story of the grandmother of Metis hero Louis Riel.



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