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Elizabeth Hay


Born
in Owen Sound, Canada
October 22, 1951

Website

Genre
Literature & Fiction


From Elizabeth Hay's web site:
"Elizabeth Hay was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, the daughter of a high school principal and a painter, and one of four children. When she was fifteen, a year in England opened up her world and set her on the path to becoming a writer. She attended the University of Toronto, then moved out west, and in 1974 went north to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. For the next ten years she worked as a CBC radio broadcaster in Yellowknife, Winnipeg, and Toronto, and eventually freelanced from Mexico. In 1986 she moved from Mexico to New York City, and in 1992, with her husband and two children, she returned to Canada, settling in Ottawa, where she has lived ever since.

In 2007 Elizabeth Hay's third novel, Late Nigh ...more

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Average rating: 3.59 · 24,963 ratings · 2,518 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors
Late Nights on Air
3.58 avg rating — 12,617 ratings — published 2007 — 31 editions
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Alone in the Classroom
3.30 avg rating — 3,212 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions
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A Student of Weather
3.72 avg rating — 2,550 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions
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His Whole Life
3.76 avg rating — 2,256 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions
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Snow Road Station
3.73 avg rating — 1,920 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions
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All Things Consoled: A Daug...
3.96 avg rating — 1,400 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions
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Garbo Laughs
3.19 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions
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Small Change
3.46 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions
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The Only Snow in Havana
3.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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Captivity Tales: Canadians ...
3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1993
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“She would always be living her life backwards, she realized, trying to regain something perfect that she'd lost.”
― Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air
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“You stand next to the sea and you're in touch with all your longings and all your losses.”
― Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air
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“And when is it ever convincing, the belief others have in your abilities? You know perfectly well they can't see the mess inside you.”
― Elizabeth Hay, Alone in the Classroom
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Polls

I posted this last night, but strangely it didn't save. Let's try this again! Our genre for August...Literary/General Fiction! Here are the selections to choose from. Place your vote. The poll will end this Saturday, July 16.

The Mountain Story The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens Lori Lansens
 
  2 votes, 50.0%

The Shipping News The Shipping News by Annie Proulx Annie Proulx
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

A Student of Weather A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay Elizabeth Hay
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

State of Wonder State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Ann Patchett
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Olive Kitteridge Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Elizabeth Strout
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Amsterdam Amsterdam by Ian McEwan Ian McEwan
 
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White Teeth White Teeth by Zadie Smith Zadie Smith
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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