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Refuges
La région de la Chilcotin, au nord de Vancouver, fin des années 1960. Deux soeurs, Maggie et Jenny. Elles n'ont qu'une dizaine d'années quand leur mère, jeune et veuve depuis peu, les confie à un vieux couple de sa connaissance et s'en va gagner sa vie comme cuisinière dans les camps de bûcherons. Elle a promis de revenir les chercher bientôt. Le temps passe. Elle ne revient pas. Où est leur mère ? Pourquoi les a-t-elle abandonnées ? Avec pudeur et une grande tendresse, Refuges est le roman d'une enfance enfuie, d'une adolescence inquiète. Il raconte une histoire d'amour filial, celui de deux petites soeurs à l'endroit de leurs parents humains, trop humains. Une histoire de deuil et d'abandon qui révèlera un drame, mais tout aussi bien une histoire d'anges gardiens croisés sur la route, de femmes fortes ayant appris à la dure à ne dépendre de personne. S'ajoute la présence bienveillante, discrète et palpable des peuples autochtones Chilcotins et Carriers. Et puis, les animaux, la forêt, les saisons, la solitude et son corollaire, la liberté, qui s'épanouit parfois dans l'amour très pur entre deux adolescents.
342 pages, Paperback
Published January 23, 2020
About the author
Frances Greenslade
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I was born in the Niagara Peninsula and grew up playing in the orchards and vineyards around our family's farm. I can remember climbing under the thickest cover of grape vines to read and write stories in the long grass there. At about age 11, when we moved to Winnipeg, I wrote my first novel, on a desk made of boards, in the crawlspace of our house. The story involved an attic, a girl and a mystery.
Red Fox Road, a novel for middle grade readers, was written to the girl in the crawlspace, writing her book in a Hilroy scribbler. A story of resilience and survival, Red Fox Road is about thirteen-year-old Francie (of course!) who is stranded alone on a remote road in the Oregon wilderness after the family's truck breaks down.
The survival story is one of my favourite genres, especially ones featuring girls and women.
I'm also fascinated with the idea of home and shelter and how our mothers are our first "home." Lost mothers and relationships with mothers are themes that resonate through all of my books.
My first two books are A Pilgrim in Ireland and By the Secret Ladder, both non-fiction memoirs.
Shelter is a novel about two sisters whose mother suddenly leaves them to billet with a family friend in a small BC town, telling them she's going to cook in a logging camp and then doesn't return.
https://www.instagram.com/franciegree...
I was born in the Niagara Peninsula and grew up playing in the orchards and vineyards around our family's farm. I can remember climbing under the thickest cover of grape vines to read and write stories in the long grass there. At about age 11, when we moved to Winnipeg, I wrote my first novel, on a desk made of boards, in the crawlspace of our house. The story involved an attic, a girl and a mystery.
Red Fox Road, a novel for middle grade readers, was written to the girl in the crawlspace, writing her book in a Hilroy scribbler. A story of resilience and survival, Red Fox Road is about thirteen-year-old Francie (of course!) who is stranded alone on a remote road in the Oregon wilderness after the family's truck breaks down.
The survival story is one of my favourite genres, especially ones featuring girls and women.
I'm also fascinated with the idea of home and shelter and how our mothers are our first "home." Lost mothers and relationships with mothers are themes that resonate through all of my books.
My first two books are A Pilgrim in Ireland and By the Secret Ladder, both non-fiction memoirs.
Shelter is a novel about two sisters whose mother suddenly leaves them to billet with a family friend in a small BC town, telling them she's going to cook in a logging camp and then doesn't return.
https://www.instagram.com/franciegree...
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