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Lori Knowles

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Bracebridge, Canada

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Lori Knowles is a writer, journalist, co-editor of Ski Canada Magazine and former columnist for the Toronto Sun. Her debut novel is Summers With Miss Elizabeth, a beachy family drama in set in Muskoka, Canada's Hamptons, that was written for dock lovers, daydreamers and fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Delia Owens. ...more

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John Irving: From One Skier to Another

Reading John Irving’s The Last Chairlift is a little like skiing that meandering run down the backside of an old mountain like Tremblant or Red Mountain: It’s long, too flat in places, too steep in others, and it’s filled with tricky twists and turns. Yet every weekend we ski it anyway because, every time, we learn something about ourselves.The Last Chairlift

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Margaret's New Look

by Katherine Ashenburg

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Three details on the cover compelled me to read this book: 1. The beach. 2. The vintage bathing suits. 3. The word "bookclub." Two delivered, one did not. Choosing a book by its cover rarely works; it is a cliche for good reason. And yet I continue t ...more
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