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A GTA-raised author and illustrator beautifully chronicles her adolescence as an Olympic hopeful in the reissued ‘Swimming Studies’

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A GTA-raised author and illustrator beautifully chronicles her adolescence as an Olympic hopeful in the reissued ‘Swimming Studies’

The memoir, by Leanne Shapton, art editor at the New York Review of Books, is a compilation of essays, watercolour paintings and photographs.

·Hamilton, Canada
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The Toronto Star broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Sunday, March 23, 2025.
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