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Christine Higdon (she/her) is the author of the award-winning novel The Very Marrow of Our Bones. She has won a National Magazine Award, been published in numerous journals, and nominated for CBC literary prizes.Living part-time in Nova Scotia but mostly in Mimico, Ontario, Christine has a new book release, "Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue" and the advance praise for the book is already coming from all sides: Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal and Rue tells the story of Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic that stole their only brother, who are scraping by but attempting to make the most of the 1920s.Morag is pregnant and loves her husband. Georgina can’t bear hers and dreams of getting an education. Harriet-Jean, still at home with her opium-addicted mother, is in love with a woman. Isla’s pregnant too – and in love with her sister’s husband…. The book is available now via all the usual w

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