Product Description
During the run-up to the publication of her first novel, creative writing student Annie Brière meets Laurent Viau, her publishing houses copy editor. Her charms do not go unnoticed by Laurent and a romance begins. Yet Annie learns after a first night of passion that Laurent, although ringless, is nevertheless married with a child. So begins her search for the meaning of emotional commitment, a search hampered by the sentimental entanglements of the novels many characters. Her quest finds her at various times playing Tetris compulsively, finding solace in Leonard Cohen and travelling from Lake Champlain to Paris. Will Annie ever find what shes looking for?
About the Author
Nadine Bismuth is the Montreal-based author of a collection of short stories also available from McArthur & Company. Her work has been translated into more than six languages including Russian. Scrapbook is her first novel.