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Bookworm, no. 11

Bookworm, no. 11

Fiction by Shelley Thompson. Taddle Creek sundries. A cover photographer Q&A. The Cundill History Prize short list. Inside the October issue.

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Oct 03, 2023
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Nuclear Family

Roar
Shelley Thompson

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272 pages, softcover

With her debut novel, Roar, the actor-director Shelley Thompson adapts her ACTRA award-winning film, Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor, from 2021. In this hopeful drama, a fragmented family contends with their disagreements and struggles to see each other as they really are. It’s an incisive take …

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