A Simple Carpenter
Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Marilyn Stanley
, Noelle Walsh
, Melissa Poremba
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Sharon Forzley
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Patricia McKeown
, Robert Hykawy
, Christine Lion
, Elaine Baptie
, Derek Davidson
, M M English
, Sarah Schwartz
, C. Ray
, Denise Duvall
, Jude Castillo
, Huguette Lemieux
, Susan Toy
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Sara Conway
, Ken Gilmour
, Lynn Bechtel
, Kim Cappellina
, Benita Hartwell
, Joseph Chirayil
, Sindi Nika
, Randi Ann Doll
, Maureen Brownlee
, Karen Nordrum
, diana kirkwood
, Joe Mitchell
, Sandra Furlotte
, Charles Leblanc
, Mary Therrien
, Linda Leitch
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Amanda Schempp
, Alissa Bender
, Deana Bueley
, Susan Jang
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Rita O'Sullivan
, Andrea Pole
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Barry Kazimer
, Agnes Marshall
, Mary Danieli
, Hilary Squires
, Rhona Brinkman
, Lynn Andrews
, Claire Gear
, Melissa Singh
, Kartik Gupta
, Holly Elisabeth
, Melissa Ritz
, Dorianne Emmerton
, Joshua Lewis
, AASTHA SABHERWAL
, Ryan Pritchard
, Prabh Toor
, Wendy Houlden
, Janet Meisner
, Marcia Aronson
, Heather Belliveau
, Michelle Wong
, Mary Mexis
, Peter Halasz
, Paula Ritchie
, Maria Mclean
, Jennifer Beyak
, Carole Giangrande
, Jessica Murray
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Kym Marsh
, Laurie Burns
, Carl Scott
, Allison Dube
, Michael Edwards
, Brian Yee
, Tanis Anne
, Nancy Daoust
, zelda dwyer
, Rose Ghaedi
, Bing SuyBok
, Dani Kat
, Carlie Pellett
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Mary Lester
, Irenee R Anderson
, Brent van Staalduinen
, Margaret McKay
, Wanda Brine
, Barbara Leckie
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Sherry Heschuk
, Cheryl Johnson
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Part biblical fable, part magic realism, and part thriller. A ship's carpenter becomes stranded on a small Mediterranean island. He has completely lost his memory but in exchange has acquired the ability to speak, write, and understand all languages. After his rescue, he spends time in a Lebanese coastal village recuperating with a group of nuns who, observing him perform what appear to be small miracles, take him to be the second coming of Jesus Christ. Later, in Beirut, he's hired as a translator for the UN peacekeeping force, and is recruited as a messenger for Black September. Feeling disillusioned with both of these occupations, he treks on foot across the Galilean hills to the Sea of Galilee, encountering a series of strange communities evoking biblical times. He eventually settles with a Palestinian family and unwittingly becomes entangled in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
