Ruth Ozeki has just been announced as the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner for her fourth novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness. Ruth is a US-Canadian author, film-maker and Zen Buddhist priest, and her winning book tells the story of a teenage boy who finds comfort in reading after the death of his father.
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I text David to tell him I’m so nervous about moving and marrying him that I wake at 4am every day, stomach churning. Even the dogs are still snoring. I’ve never been vulnerable like this with him before. I have always put on a brave face, leaving him to read about my insecurities later. But he surprises me by being incredibly supportive.