{"product_id":"suzanne-paperback","title":"Suzanne - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnaïs Barbeau-Lavalette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR CBC CANADA READS 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEighty-five years of art and history through the eyes of a woman who fled her family - as re-imagined by her granddaughter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnaïs Barbeau-Lavalette never knew her mother's mother. Curious to understand why her grandmother, Suzanne, a sometime painter and poet associated with Les Automatistes, a movement of dissident artists that included Paul-Émile Borduas, abandoned her husband and young family, Barbeau-Lavalette hired a private detective to piece together Suzanne's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuzanne\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Prix des libraires du Québec and a bestseller in French, is a fictionalized account of Suzanne's life over eighty-five years, from Montreal to New York to Brussels, from lover to lover, through an abortion, alcoholism, Buddhism, and an asylum. It takes readers through the Great Depression, Québec's Quiet Revolution, women's liberation, and the American civil rights movement, offering a portrait of a volatile, fascinating woman on the margins of history. And it's a granddaughter's search for a past for herself, for understanding and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It's about a nameless despair, an unbearable sadness. But it's also a reflection on what it means to be a mother, and an artist. Most of all, it's a magnificent novel.'- \u003ci\u003eLes Méconnus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnaïs Barbeau-Lavalette: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette is a Montreal-based author and director. She was named 2012 Artist for Peace by the social justice organization Les Artistes Pour la Paix. In 2016, her novel \u003ci\u003eLa Femme Qui Fuit\u003c\/i\u003e (The Escape Artist) won the Prix des libraires du Québec.\u003cbr\u003eRhonda Mullins: Rhonda Mullins is a writer and translator living in Montréal. She received the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for \u003ci\u003eTwenty-One Cardinals\u003c\/i\u003e, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eLes héritiers de la mine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAnd the Birds Rained Down\u003c\/i\u003e, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eIl pleuvait des oiseaux\u003c\/i\u003e, was a CBC Canada Reads Selection. It was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, as were her translations of Élise Turcotte's \u003ci\u003eGuyana\u003c\/i\u003e and Hervé Fischer's \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the Hollywood Empire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247230370041,"sku":"9781552453476","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ODRGRzY3d3l4cDB2d29tMGN4Y21XZz09.webp?v=1768621228","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/suzanne-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}