Bear Woman - The brand-new memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors
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| Verlag | Bonnier Books UK |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 352 |
| Format | 14,9 x 2,0 x 20,0 cm |
| Gewicht | 258 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781786580597 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78658059UA |
A memoir of myth, motherhood and hidden history
Klappentext:
For readers of Rachel Cusk, Lisa Taddeo and the essays of Zadie Smith, Bear Woman is a beautifully wrought memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors
A beautifully written and astonishing memoir of a woman - a writer - in the midst of motherhood, marriage and life.
While struggling with the demands of family and career, the writer discovers a figure from history, Marguerite de la Rocque, a sixteenth-century noblewoman who was abandoned, pregnant, on a remote island in Nova Scotia. When she is finally rescued, her lover and her baby have died, but she has survived this inhospitable wilderness, alone, for two long years. It's a remarkable story of survival, but one that has been consigned to a footnote.
Delving deeper into Marguerite's hidden life, the writer begins to question her ability to tell this story, the story of any women in history - or even her own.
'The deeply personal journey of a writer, surprising and illuminating, and for me, fam iliar in the most reassuring way as she loses herself in this compelling story' - Esther Freud, author of Hideous Kinky
Rezension:
'The deeply personal journey of a writer, surprising and illuminating, and for me, familiar in the most reassuring way as she loses herself in this compelling story' Esther Freud, author of Hideous Kinky