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Leslie Shimotakahara

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in Toronto, Canada

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http://www.leslieshimotakahara.com

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Stories

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Edith Wharton, Toni Morrison, Emma Donoghue ...more

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Leslie Shimotakahara is an award-winning author of three novels and a memoir, as well as numerous short fiction and essays. She won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize (2012) and has been shortlisted for the K.M. Hunter Artist Award. Her writing has appeared in the National Post, World Literature Today, and other anthologies and periodicals. She holds a PhD in English from Brown University, and lives in Toronto with her husband.

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Average rating: 3.58 · 384 ratings · 98 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	After the Bloom 3.52 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Oblivion 3.49 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sisters of the Spruce 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reading List: Literature, Love and Back Again 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Breakwater 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
― Edith Wharton

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message 7: by Leslie

May 09, 2024 08:47AM

Happy to receive this thoughtful review of my new novel, SISTERS OF THE SPRUCE, from Historical Novel Society: "[A] poignant story of friendship and love, family loyalty and the strength of the human spirit." My novel will be released in the United States on May 24th.