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Brian Francis

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Brian Francis's non-fiction book, Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent, was a finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award. The Toronto Star called it “thoughtful, funny, poignant, insightful and honest.”

His previous novel, Break in Case of Emergency, was a finalist for the 2019 Governor General’s Literary Awards. Apple Books called it a “knockout” and The Globe and Mail said it “beautifully explores issues around mental health and suicide.”

His second novel, Natural Order, was selected by the Toronto Star, Kobo and Georgia Straight as a Best Book of 2011.

His first novel, Fruit, was a 2009 Canada Reads finalist and is an Amazon and 49th Shelf “100 Canadian Books to Read in a Lifetime” title.

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Best and Worst Ketchup Potato Chips

I’m old enough to remember that the ‘70s were a freaky decade for potato chip flavours, specifically orange and grape. (They didn’t last long.) Another freaky flavour introduced during that time? Ketchup. All these years later, ketchup-flavoured chips are now considered a Canadian national dish, alongside butter tarts and Caesars.

Personally, I have mixed feelings about ketchup chips. On the one h

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Average rating: 3.74 · 3,569 ratings · 531 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fruit

3.62 avg rating — 1,904 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions
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Natural Order

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Break in Case of Emergency

3.75 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions
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“It's weird when you hear teachers call each other by their first names. It's like they're friends or something.”
Brian Francis

“I can't believe she's lived this long. God must be avoiding her.”
Brian Francis, Natural Order

“They're horrible little creatures. All snot and smelly feet and pestering questions."

"Then why did you go into teaching?"

"It was either that or sit at home with Mother all day. I picked the lesser of two evils.”
Brian Francis, Natural Order

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