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Heather O'Neill

Heather O’Neill published her second novel, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, in April 2014.
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Fiction

The Isles of Dr. Moreau

April 8, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

Grandfather often enjoyed telling my brother about how, when he was younger, he was a ladies’ man. “I never had any trouble getting girls,” he’d exclaim. “None whatsoever.” It was …

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A woman in front of a wall, with her arms on top of her head
September 2014 / Society

Body Image

August 18, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

The unflinching feminism of Petra Collins

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Fiction / July/August 2012

And They Danced by the Light of the Moon

July 12, 2012April 10, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

The principal stared at the boy sitting on the chair across from his desk. Jules Tremblay was wearing a pair of penny loafers with gym socks. He had on a …

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Photograph by Lorraine Gilbert
May 2012

On Growing Up White Trash

May 12, 2012June 15, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

A writer comes to terms with the culture of her birth

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December 2010

On Deadbeat Dads

December 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

The best Christmas gift is parental responsibility

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Fiction / July/August 2010

Riff-Raff

July 12, 2010April 17, 2020 - by Heather O'Neill

I was nineteen and I lived in Montreal. I was in a horrible relationship with a boy named Leroy. He would cheat on me and be mean to me in …

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January/February 2008

The End of Pinky

January 12, 2008October 15, 2019 - by Heather O'Neill

Canada Noir: mayhem… in Montréal!

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