Phyllis Rudin

​My True and Complete Adventures as a Wannabe Voyageur


​"As Canadian as a canoe, this heartwarming and hilarious story of friendship, fraud, and the power of the imagination is for anyone who's ever felt as if they don't fit in."
Cassie Stocks, winner of the 2013 Leacock Medal for Humour

In 49th Shelf's list of most anticipated Fall 2017 fiction 


Book Cover of My True and Complete Adventures as a Wannabe Voyageur


​In this gentle coming-of-age story, Benjie Gabai is convinced he’s been the victim of a terrible cosmic cock-up. Instead of being born in the 18th century as a French-Canadian voyageur, God’s plunked him down in present-day Montreal, into a family that views his fur trade obsession as proof that their Benjie, once so bursting with promise, has well and truly lost it.

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My firstborn...
    Evie, the Baby and the Wife


"Masterfully written.... A funny, feel-good read about fighting for your rights and being a mensch." AJL Reviews
Book Cover of Evie, the Baby, and the Wife, a novel by Phyllis Rudin