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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 · 17 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors

Amy of Suburbia

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

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"And I see they think me and Nettie and Shug and Jack and Odessa real old and don't know much what going on. But I don't think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt." brb crying my eyes out for the ...more
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