Suzanne / by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette ; translated by Rhonda Mullins.

Barbeau-Lavalette, Anaïs, 1979- (author.). Mullins, Rhonda, 1966- (translator.). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary:

Anaïs 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. This 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781770565081
Physical Description: 1 electronic text (261 pages)
Edition: First English edition.
Publisher: Toronto [Ontario] : Coach House Books, [2017]
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Translated from the French. "Originally written by Anais Barbeau-Lavalette and published in French as La femme qui fuit by Marchand de feuilles, 2015"--Title page verso. Issued as part of the desLibris books collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available in print version.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.