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THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN
by Johanna Skibsrud

Like the dress whose high price tag suddenly makes it irresistible, readers’ thirst for Johanna Skibsrud’s 2010 Giller-winning novel The Sentimentalists became unquenchable the moment they were told they couldn’t have it—Skibsrud’s small publisher, Gaspereau, being unable to keep up with the demand fuelled by her overnight success. Read more…