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    Banner image with photo of author Elizabeth Ruth, and a purple background of houses. Text reads "Interview with Elizabeth Ruth. [My novel was] written with a heightened awareness of mortality"
    September 26, 2023

    Elizabeth Ruth on Exploring Coincidences in Her Mesmerizing, Icy New Novel

    Anyone who lived in Toronto in 2013 remembers the ice storm of that winter, which brought the city to its knees. It's against this dramatic backdrop that celebrated writer Elizabeth Ruth's new novel Semi-Detached ...

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