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Fiction Literary

Stars

by (author) Lucy Haché

illustrated by Michael Joyal

Publisher
At Bay Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2018
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781988168104
    Publish Date
    Mar 2018
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781988168814
    Publish Date
    Mar 2018
    List Price
    $18.99

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Description

In this second installation of the Overhead Series, Lucy Haché once again transports the reader with intimate revelations on identity by exploring both her personal and ancestral relationship to the sky and stars. Hache's prose is extraordinary in its combination of self awareness yet unselfconscious honesty and skillful restraint, creating a sense of connection under the vastness of the stars above. Masterfully illustrated by artist Michael Joyal, his evocative astronomic drawings contribute to the overall sensory and transcendent experience.

About the authors

Lucy Haché, writer and adventurer of Kwakwaka’wakw/Métis and Scottish/Irish descent. She is a member of the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nations, a Kwakwaka’wakw Community on the Northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Much of her life has been spent in the forest or on the sea. When she’s not surrounded by nature she writes about it. She also writes about contemporary and historical Indigenous issues.

Lucy Haché's profile page

MICHAEL JOYAL is a Canadian watercolour artist whose work focus on reinterpreting characters from mythology and fairy tales through a modern lens. The paintings explore roles of feminine power through feelings of strength, anger, melancholy and joy. He has exhibited in Canada and the United States. His work is held in permanent collection at the International Cryptozoology Museum and the Legislative Library of Manitoba.

Michael Joyal's profile page

Editorial Reviews

“Indigenous People have always had a strong relationship with the sky. Here, Joyal’s stark, beautiful illustrations combine perfectly with Haché’s voice as she sings a story of loss, and ultimately, reclamation.”
—David A. Robertson, author of When We Were Alone (winner 2017 Governor General’s Literary Award) and Strangers

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