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Alanna Why is a fiction and culture writer from Ottawa. She is the author of the novella Amy Of Suburbia, about a 12-year-old girl’s obsession with Green Day. Her book reviews have appeared in Canthius, PRISM and Minola Review, as well as in her newsletter, Why’s World. She currently lives in Montreal.

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Average rating: 4.74 · 27 ratings · 18 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors

Amy of Suburbia

4.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions

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"Back on my home, when you kept on fighting and you had no right to. Or during the travel, when you helped me to wash up after going. Even in the midst of all the ruckus of that bus, you took that time. Or in that town where I saw true evil and I fel ...more
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this took me a loooong time to read and it was my second time trying to read it. it was good? sometimes? maybe? I was confused 40% of the time but I was still vibing.
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