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Rebecca and Tara highlight books they've read in which the location or place is a distinct character in the novel. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Governor Gretchen Whitmer Widow Fantasies by Hollay Ghadery Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez / Scarborough, Ontario Brother by David Chariandy / Scarborough, Ontario Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay / Hanging Rock, Victoria, Australia The Street by Ann Petry / Harlem, New York City My Ántonia by Willa Cather / Nebraska Denison Ave by Christina Wong / Chinatown, Kensington Market Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill / Toronto The Lost Ones (Nora Watts series) by Sheena Kamal / Vancouver The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty / Vacca Vale, Indiana Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah / Montreal Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan / Flint, Michigan The Break by Katherina Vermette / Winnipeg's North End Tara (@onabranchreads): Death & Other Inconveniences by Lesley Crewe Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir by Julia Zarankin Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Jonathan Van Ness Road Ends by Mary Lawson Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper / Northern Ontario, Cottage Country The Dry by Jane Harper / Australia River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta / Toronto Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery / Prince Edward Island Galore by Michael Crummey / Newfoundland David Adams Richards / New Brunswick

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This episode was published on August 16, 2024.

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Rebecca and Tara highlight books they've read in which the location or place is a distinct character in the novel. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Governor...

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