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The chickens are pecking like metronomes.

I‘m not quite sure what to make of this dark fairytale set in 1940s Quebec. It‘s in the voice of an 11-year-old bearded girl, on the run from the men in her village. Strange, but poetic and mesmerizing. #Translation from French by Rhonda Mullins. #CanadianAuthor

The forest that surrounds me opens wide onto the rest of the world, treetops pointing to the sky. It is meditating; its thoughts are carried on the wind through the leaves, like thousands of prayer flags.

You shouldn‘t move around too much when you are convalescing, but you shouldn‘t stay still when taking a leap into life either.

All women perform a comedy of manners when putting on makeup; I learned to be a clown.

It is up to me to be the world‘s witness.

All packed for a week at the Vancouver Writers Fest. We leave tomorrow morning. 😁✈️

Little Beast is set in 1944 in a little village in rural Quebec, where an eleven-year-old girl has been confined to her house by her parents, after she suddenly sprouted a full beard. When the townspeople come for her, she escapes into the wintry night. Join French author Julie Demers at #emwf18 as she reads from her recently translated novel (readings in both French and English). bit.ly/2KqDJuv @coachhousebooks #canlit

Little Beast was a short read about a young girl who has been confined to her home for years due to her beard, but is forced to flee into the forest. There were shining moments in this book, but more often than not I found myself getting a bit lost and having to go back to re-read. I think the book could have been better if it was a bit longer and more flushed out. The photo is from Google - I apologize for the low quality! #canlit #emwf18