It is Katie MacLeods fifty-fifth birthday. While her daughters throw her a celebratory brunch, Katie takes stock of her life and her loves. Will she take a chance on her internet penpal, Francois, and embrace this virtual romance? In gentle prose, Louise Desjardins continues her observations of human relationships. In the small town of Arntfield, where the narrator spent her childhood, we join her as she recalls the mythical Look-Out Country Club, the site of past sins where her father played the violin, and the MacLeod Music Store.
Louise Desjardins is the author of several collections of poetry.
Her first novel, La Love, was awarded the Grand Prix du Journal de
Montral and the Prix des Arcades de Bologne. Desjardins is also the
author of Darling, the biography Pauline Julien: La vie mort, and a
collection of essays, Coeurs braiss.
Louise Desjardins is the author of several collections of
poetry. Her first novel, La Love, was awarded the Grand Prix du
Journal de Montr al and the Prix des Arcades de Bologne. Desjardins
is also the author of Darling, the biography Pauline Julien: La vie
mort, and a collection of essays, Coeurs brais s.
LOUISE DESJARDINS is the author of several collections of
poetry. Her first novel, La Love, was awarded the Grand
Prix du Journal de Montréal and the Prix des Arcades de Bologne.
Desjardins is also the author of Darling, the biography
Pauline Julien: La vie à mort, and a collection of
essays, Coeurs braisés.
SHEILA FISCHMAN is the winner of the Canada Council Translation
Prize, the Governor Generalâ?Ts Literary Award for Translation, and
the Molson Prize. She is a member of the Order of Canada. The
Perfect Circle, her translation of Le cercle parfait
by Pascale Quiviger was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller
Prize.
