Red Star Tattoo My Life as Girl Revolutionary

“I picked up the book in an afternoon and – each page turned in steady anticipation – did not put it down until I was finished.”

Globe and Mail

Winner of the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

Shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Creative Non-Fiction Award

Named one of the best books of 2016 by CBC, the National Post and NOW magazine.

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