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THOSE ARE PEARLS Author André Narbonne Takes on Our Storytellers Interview

One decision can echo through generations, and we've seen this play out time and time again in some of Canada's best fiction. In the new novel, Those Are Pearls, a young man's pursuit of love becomes ...

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