Utopia
Sarah Schwartz
, Christine Quiambao
, Karyn Wisselink
, Marissa Yip-Young
, LJ Law
, Hannah Ruby
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Sabrina Yussuf
, Deana Bueley
, Noelle Walsh
, Susan Hughes
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Paula Adam
, Meradith Anderson
, Sunshine Gudlaugson
, Jude Castillo
, Thelma Ball
, Mary Therrien
, Linda Leitch
, Hoda Montazeri
, Susan Baues
, Hailey Slaviero
, Heather Sibley
, Carol Hannam
, Dani Kat
, Cassandra Schiemann
, Christopher Evans
, Shayla Bradley
, Patricia Johnson
, Kay Zavitz
, Tina May
, Huguette Settle
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Marilyn Stanley
, Beth Dekoker
, Teree Hokanson
, Melissa Kohlman
, Anndee Newson
, P. Thompson
, Sandra Perry
, Deb Philippon
, Ariane Béland
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Phreia Von Woolfgard
, Phoebe Lewis
, Emily Johansen
, Andrea Pole
, Graham Walper
, joy mills
, Joanne Santolupo
, Jennifer Beyak
, Carl Scott
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Anne Bouchenoire
, Margaret Jones
, Melissa Poremba
, Sharon Norman
, Christine Lion
, Susan Jang
, Jan Boomhouwer
, Nancy Daoust
, Mary Danieli
, Huguette Lemieux
, Margaret McKay
, Tiffany C
, Patricia McKeown
, Nancy Steinhausen
, Karen Nordrum
, Charles Leblanc
, Lori Watson
, Susan Terendy
, Penelope Penner
, Elizabeth Ivanovich
, maria blanco
, Ken Gilmour
, Kathleen Mary Kilmer
, C. Ray
, Kim Fenton
, Chris Lantz
, Stephanie Morris-Sliekers
, Joshua Lewis
, Cathy White
, Lisa Mallia
, Patricia Gallant
, Laurie Burns
, Emma Yasinski
, Sandra Furlotte
, Debra Fisher
, Wanda Brine
, Barry Kazimer
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Annika Fotheringham
, Lauren Seal
, Jill Rothwell
, Leslie Vermeer
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Lesley Cameron
, Leila Grobel
, finn mulryan
, Andrea Gillespie
, Navkomal Toor
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Paz, an ambitious young artist, is drawn to Romy, one of the only women to break into the male-dominated art scene of 1970s California. She is also drawn to Romy’s husband, Billy, an enigmatic art star. When Romy dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances, Billy is left unmoored, caring for their newborn. Leaving New York and grad school behind, Paz takes on the mantle of Romy’s life and steps into a ghostly love triangle. When Paz attempts to claim her creative life, strange things start to happen—photographs move, an unexplained postcard arrives, and an unsettling journal entry begins to blur the line between art and life. As Paz becomes increasingly obsessed with the woman she has replaced and the absent man she has married, a disturbing picture begins to emerge, driving her deep into the desert to uncover the truth. Astonishing and profound, Utopia affirms Heidi Sopinka as one of the most exhilarating voices in Canadian literature. A propulsive mix of desire, friendship, and betrayal, Utopia illuminates a crucible moment for art and feminism, which still reverberates today. This is both a visionary love story and a feminist manifesto that will leave you altered.
