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Laurence

by (author) France Théoret

Publisher
The Mercury Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1998
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551280608
    Publish Date
    Sep 1998
    List Price
    $18.95

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From the back country of the Thetford Mines region, to a convent hospital in the city of Québec, and finally to wide-open Montréal, France Théoret has drawn an emotional portrait of a generous, plucky young woman. Laurence is a remarkable novel from a period of Québec history which has seldom been visited in fiction, particularly by the voices of women.

About the author

France Théoret holds a doctorate in French Studies from the University of Sherbrooke. After nineteen years of teaching, she quit to devote herself full-time to writing. Laurence, translated for The Mercury Press by Gail Scott, is Théoret’s eleventh book; previous titles include The Man Who Painted Stalin, Nous parlerons comme on écrit, Nécessairement putain, and Entre raison et déraison.

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