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Barbara gowdy grew up in don mills, a toronto suburb, and attended york university and the royal conservatory of music. Exceptional, enthralling gowdy is easily as good as alice munro, and has the fluency and witty, twisted grace of the wonderful lorrie moore. Barbara gowdy s critically acclaimed six novels and widely anthologized short stories have been published in twentyfour countries and have appeared on bestseller lists throughout the world. These are some of the literary awards she won and has been nominated for.
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