Read it in two sittings. Impossible to put down. Entering a universe where you know all the characters, have met most of them, added an other worldly element for me. Catherine, Erika, Maude, Dulude. Feeling like I am one of those readers Mathieu references, those women who are pushed to the edges of what is considered Proper Literature, those women who need Vickie Gendreau even if they never had the chance to meet her. Terrifying, intimate, and compelling.