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Published by Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1989
ISBN 10: 0889222673ISBN 13: 9780889222670
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Josee Coulombe (cover) (illustrator). The jacket blurb on this 173 page work calls it an important autobiographical novel. Especially as it reflects the feminine mythos of Quebec. Translation from the original, `La Mere des herbes', is by Yvonne M. Klein. Read more about : Hochelaga Street, Gandaouage village, Great She Bear, purgatory, rocky wombs, Roche-Percee, Lambert Closse, and martyrdom. UNillustrated. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with black lettering. Front cover image is of a Marchessault sculpture. Square, bright, clean, and collectible . No names nor marks. Quote (p. 84) : " We weren't among those that went to school. But we had been warned - it was simply a matter of time, a few months, we'd been enrolled and next year, there we'd be, no doubt about it. We had it coming to us. But while we waited, we had time to ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.