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HAMILTON star and Tony nominee Phillipa Soo is making waves in the world of audiobooks. She narrates Lily Chu's Audible Original summer romance release The Stand-In, which debuted yesterday, July 15 - listen here! Set in present-day Toronto, The Stand-In, by debut author Lily Chu, is an Own Voices rom-com about a Chinese-Canadian woman named Gracie who is mistaken by paparazzi for a famous Chinese actress in town performing in a play. This inciting incident leads to the actress hiring Gracie to be her double at public events, alongside her co-star and rumored real-life love interest. It seems...

The Asians are still rich and crazy, but a sprinkling of sex and vanity infuses the milieu as Kevin Kwan, author of the bestselling Crazy Rich Asians trilogy — Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems — ups the glamour quotient in his new novel, Sex and Vanity. The backdrop has shifted from the modern high rises of Singapore to the resplendent coastline and faraglioni of the islands of Capri. An obscenely extravagant destination wedding serves as the mise en scene, where we first meet the story’s protagonist, Lucie, and a host of filthy rich, eccentric character...

Author Alyson Gerber’s timely novel about disordered eating From: TAKING UP SPACE (Scholastic; May 18, 2021; Hardcover; $17.99; Ebook: $10.99). Described by Booklist as a "highly empathetic" and "truly inspiring" writer, Gerber has written a realistic and compelling novel based on her own experiences with disordered eating. With TAKING UP SPACE, Gerber is changing the narrative around self-worth, body image, and food for the nex...

A life in care isn’t what Tracy Beaker made it out to be "I had grown up being told by the books I consumed that I was pre-determined to fail" By Kirsty Capes Jessica Lockett | Getty Images When I was six, at a family friends’ party, I proudly announced to a stranger: "I’m fostered". I had been experimenting with how to tell people that I was in care, how to 'out' this fundamental part of my identity. My childlike approach was misguided. The stranger’s response, bizarrely, was to press a five-pound note into my hand. I was delighted with the money – more than I'd ever had t...

2Centre for Indigenous Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 3Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States 4American Indian Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States Throughout the Americas, most Indigenous people move through urban areas and make their homes in cities. Yet, the specific issues and concerns facing Indigenous people in cities, and the positive protective factors their vibrant urban communities generate are often overlooked and poorly understood. This has been particularly so und...