WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARYAWARD FOR FICTIONA GLOBE AND MAIL, CBC BOOKS, APPLE BOOKS, AND NOW TORONTO BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn the tradition of The Poisonwood Bible and State of Wonder, a novel set in the rainforest of Ecuador about five women left behind when their missionary husbands are killed. Based on the shocking real-life eventsIn 1956, a small group of ...

Award-winning novelist Joan Thomas blends fact and fiction, passion and science in this stunning novel set in 19th-century Lyme Regis, England—the seaside town that is the setting of both The French Lieutenant's Woman and Jane Austen's Persuasion.More than 40 years before the publication of The Origin of Species, 12-year-old Mary Anning, a cabinet-maker's daughter, found the first intact skeleton of a prehistoric dolphin-...

Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck His faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairie. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants. As she tries to invent herself, she conjures, too, an imagined past for her beloved father in an effort to understand him and the demons he battles. In her teens, Lily is sent to England to care for her Grandmother and further explores the delicio...

In Go a Little Further, Joan Thomas shares the life and legacy of her husband Major W. Ian Thomas, evangelical Christian writer, teacher and founder of the Torchbearer bible schools. This book is part biography, part history, and packed full of individual stories about Ian Thomas and the Torchbearers ministry.

Naynuk is a very special Gecko. He is a staff photographer for Crosspointe Times newspaper. An everyday Humanitarian, he loves to help people and his co-workers. Naynuk thinks of himself as being special when he prays faithfully every morning. But someone from his past wants revenge and challenges him. Meanwhile Naynuk finds a great advocate for his spiritual side. Follow this superhero and his friends on this exciting journey.