The coming of age of Ana, a shy girl who lives mostly in her imagination, as in the real world she is completely dominated by her playmate Frances, and by the Catholic Church. The novel is the story of her path out of silence.
In the debut novel of one of Canadas leading playwrights, Judith Thompson brings us inside the mind of Ana, an eleven-year-old girl in a small American college town in the mid-1960s, who struggles to find the courage to tell the truth about the violent attack that led to the drowning of her best friend. She fears that her inability to speak up is why the Virgin Mary no longer appears to her before her frequent seizures. However, when her family moves to "the limestone city" of Kingston, Ontario, the ghost of her drowned friend appears to help Ana survive the violence she encounters there. In this coming of age story, Ana's resilience in the face of severe bullying and her life-threatening seizures, along with empowering friendships and a magical sexual awakening, transform her into a young woman who is finally ready to speak truth and take action, no matter the cost
- A girl struggles against the forces that silence her and slowly but surely becomes a woman who is willing to act and to speak, no matter what the cost.
- Examines what its like to be a girl and the impact of societys pressure on girls to be silent.
- The first novel from a leading Canadian playwright and screenwriter.
- A two-time Governor Generals Award for Drama winner, Judith was described as a jewel in Canadas crown.
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The story of one shy girls path out of silence.
Judith Thompson is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. She has twice won the Governor Generals Literary Award for Drama, and has been recognized with many other awards including the Order of Canada, the Walter Carsen Performing Arts Award, the Toronto Arts Award, The Epilepsy Ontario Award, the Dora, the Chalmers, the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award as well as many others. Her plays have been produced all over the world in many languages. She has received honorary doctorates from Thorneloe University and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Born in Montreal, she now lives in Toronto.
