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  • Read an Excerpt from Finnish Sensation Cristina Sandu's The Union of Synchronized Swimmers
    Read an Excerpt from Finnish Sensation Cristina Sandu's The Union of Synchronized Swimmers
    July 07, 2021

    Read an Excerpt from Finnish Sensation Cristina Sandu's The Union of Synchronized Swimmers

    Cristina Sandu's The Union of Synchronized Swimmers (Book*hug Press) follows six young women as they train for and journey to the Olympics. But unlike most of their fellow athletes, they're not just ...

  • Video: Cristina Sandu Introduces Her First Canadian Novel, The Union of Synchronized Swimmers, on a Sunny Helsinki Evening
    Video: Cristina Sandu Introduces Her First Canadian Novel, The Union of Synchronized Swimmers, on a Sunny Helsinki Evening
    June 28, 2021

    Video: Cristina Sandu Introduces Her First Canadian Novel, The Union of Synchronized Swimmers, on a Sunny Helsinki Evening

    Cristina Sandu is a novelist with a unique relationship with her translator—in that, unlike most writers published in translation, she translated her own novel, in this case from Finnish to English. ...

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