Defying the stifling expectations of his upper-class upbringing, Shawn Sullivan disappears into the underground queer scene in search of the notorious pornographer John Dark. Following after his older brother, Ryan is determined to capture Shawn’s life on film and uncover the truth behind his unraveling.
The coming of age of Ana, a shy girl who lives mostly in her imagination, as in the real world she is completely dominated by her playmate Frances, and by the Catholic Church. The novel is the story of her path out of silence.
Raised in a loving but lacking household by their Holocaust survivor-grandparents and their godfather, the lives of twins Petal and Rose change drastically after a summer trip to Israel. Twenty years later, Petal is called back to Toronto from New York to help Rose during a crisis and is forced to confront her prejudices about her sister’s life.
