Chilling story about an Indian family in a remote part of Canada.

Varsha is a teenager. Her mother left the family because her husband, Vickram, was abusive. Vickram remarries with Suman, a woman he met when on a brief visit to India. They have a child, Hemnant, but the abuse doesn't stop and Varsha will do anything in her power to keep the family together.

A fierce competition is underway, a contest between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood to compete in "a game," in which each must use their powers of illusion to best the other. Unbeknownst to them, this game is a duel to the death, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. [NoveList]

Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television and by listening closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. On the night before his death, Enzo takes stock of his life, recalling all that he and his family have been through, hoping, in his next life, to return as a human. [NoveList]

The remaining employees at an office affected by a business downturn spend their time enjoying secret romances, elaborate pranks, and frequent coffee breaks, while trying to make sense of their only remaining "work," a mysterious pro-bono ad campaign.[NoveList]