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Married and divorced in her 20s, looking for friendship in her 30s, and contemplating pregnancy at 40, our narrator wonders if she's going through life out of order. But Alice, The Turtle, The Kid, and other beloveds show her that motherhood is more than giving birth, art is never finished, and love is not linear. Through a three-day canoe trip, chance encounters, fierce female friendship, step-parenting, IVF, pandemic isolation, and quiet moments between humans, These Songs I Know By Heart weaves vignettes of everyday mythology into an absorbing and honest meditation on the connections in our lives. With razor-sharp reflection, humour, and most of all love, we are reminded that there's no formula to life and that instead, we must celebrate what makes the small moments of our lives extraordinary.

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"""A collection of stylish, original and artfully observed sketches of 21st century romance and modern friendship, and her optimism about the tiny beautiful connections we make in life is happy-making."" --Hannah Moscovitch, Governor General's Literary Award-winning author of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes ""A deeply humane and compassionate compendium of encounter and observation meditating on friendship, motherhood, art making, and home."" --Jordan Tannahill, Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author of The Listeners ""A thoughtful, searching novel about connection and love in all its many forms... There is a deep generosity in these reflections on art and friendship, uncertainty and loss, and a beautiful openness to the world."" --Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane"

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Erin Brubacher is a multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of the poetry collection, In the small hours, and co-author of the hybrid performance-based book, 7th Cousins: An Automythography (Book*hug Press). Her award-winning work in theatre has taken her across the Americas and Europe, to contexts including The National Arts Centre, The Aga Khan Museum, Festival Internacional Cervantino,), The Edinburgh International Festival, and Theater der Welt. Erin lived in ten cities before returning to Toronto, where she makes a home with her husband, three stepdaughters, and baby son.

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