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Heroine by Gail Scott
5.0
"The heroine keeps walking. Wondering why a woman can't get what she wants without going into business on every front. Social, political, economic, domestic. Each requiring a different way of walking, a different way of talking. She looks instinctively for her own reflection in a store window. But it's as yet too dark to see clearly."
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Coachhousebooks re-released this book last month. Originally published in 1987, It's a very interesting read! Political, feminist and queer.
We find our narrator, Heroine in Montreal in the 1980's laying in a bathtub. In a dream like sequence her memories of love and politics from the unsettling times of Montreal in the 70's float to the surface, seeing her struggle between finding love and breaking her deep ties in left wing politics, with the backdrop of volitile times in Montreal made this a tense and potent read.
Heroine is a complicated/facinating narrator, with many layers. And Scott's writting is brilliant, the way she weaves a sentance sheesh it inspired me want to write more. The structure of this novel and story itself are really well done. I found myself thinking about this book when I wasn't reading it, wanting to read it but not wanting it to end.
I loved that this is a Canadian story, showcasing a piece of turbulent history from Montreal. Knowing this made it feel all the more realistic.
This is a true Canadian and Feminist Classic!
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Thank you to the publisher for sending me this book opinions are my own.
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For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
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Coachhousebooks re-released this book last month. Originally published in 1987, It's a very interesting read! Political, feminist and queer.
We find our narrator, Heroine in Montreal in the 1980's laying in a bathtub. In a dream like sequence her memories of love and politics from the unsettling times of Montreal in the 70's float to the surface, seeing her struggle between finding love and breaking her deep ties in left wing politics, with the backdrop of volitile times in Montreal made this a tense and potent read.
Heroine is a complicated/facinating narrator, with many layers. And Scott's writting is brilliant, the way she weaves a sentance sheesh it inspired me want to write more. The structure of this novel and story itself are really well done. I found myself thinking about this book when I wasn't reading it, wanting to read it but not wanting it to end.
I loved that this is a Canadian story, showcasing a piece of turbulent history from Montreal. Knowing this made it feel all the more realistic.
This is a true Canadian and Feminist Classic!
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Thank you to the publisher for sending me this book opinions are my own.
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For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong