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    Blue banner image with photo of writer Don Gillmor on the right and text on a dark background on the left, reading "Interview with Don Gillmor. I liked the idea of how we often don’t know as much as we think about our partners" Open Book logo bottom left, and images of broken glass on the far left and right sides of the banner
    August 23, 2023

    Don Gillmor on Families, Secrets, & the Lockpicking Mom in His Brilliant New Novel

    In Don Gillmor's new novel, Breaking and Entering (Biblioasis), Beatrice Billings is stuck in the middle-est of middles. At 49, she's dealing with a stagnant marriage, an ailing mother, and a son who ...

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