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With Christine Higdon Author of Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue
Christine Higdon discusses her latest book Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue a powerful and lyrical story of love and longing set in the complex political and social realities of the 1920s and of the 2020s: love, sex, desire, police corruption, abortion, addiction, and women wanting more. Both elegant and witty, with a compelling cast of characters, this Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is a tender account of love that cannot be acknowledged, of loss and regret, risk and defiance, abiding friendship, and the powerful bonds of chosen family.
Christine Higdon 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. She lives part-time in Nova Scotia but mostly in Mimico, Ontario.
A Different Drummer Books will be on site with books for sale.
Presented in Partnership with ECW Press
Explore Christine Higdon in our collection
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