A story about girlhood that helped the author understand her own family
'Thirteen Shells' author Nadia Bozak looks to her own childhood for inspiration.
From the radical act of eating a chip to watching your parents' marriage fall apart, Thirteen Shells is a collection of stories that gets to the heart of girlhood—and one girl named Shell, the daughter of hippies growing up in rural Ontario.
Author Nadia Bozak talks to Candy about how writing the novel helped her explore a painful part of her family's history.