Anatomy of Edouard Beaupre
Stories
- Publisher
- Coteau Books
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2012
- Category
- Biographical
- Recommended Age
- 15
- Recommended Grade
- 10
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550504774
- Publish Date
- Apr 2012
- List Price
- $16.95
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About the author
Sarah’s short fiction has appeared in Canadian and American literary journals, including the Danforth Review and the Pisgah Review. A graduate of the University of Toronto Creative Writing Master's Program, she holds an M.A. in English and is currently a PhD candidate at University of Waterloo. A former university instructor, she divides her time between the great north and the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina. Sarah is a native of Toronto and a dual citizen.
Librarian Reviews
The Anatomy of Edouard Beaupré: A Story
In this well-written debut novel the story of a real person, Métis Edouard Beaupré, who lived in the late 1800s and was known as the Willow Bunch Giant, is told by a fictional doctor studying his corpse in the 1950s. The doctor hopes to find out what caused Beaupré’s gigantism and the continued growth and thickening of his skull after death in order to treat his own disease, which is causing his skeleton to shrink. The inclusion of archival photographs of Beaupré adds to the connection with him as an actual person.Caution: Some readers might find the descriptions of dissections and medical procedures disturbing.
Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools. 2012-2013.
