UN ESPACE ENTRE LES MAINS

A brilliant, defiant young woman is about to unlock another life achievement: having a child. But from the moment of birth, nothing goes as planned. Caught in a widening gap between reality and her perception of the world, she slowly loses touch with reason. Hospitalization becomes inevitable. How do you get back on your feet when you've been bludgeoned by the separation of body and mind, blindsided by the disconnect between your dream of motherhood and the real thing? Through this novella's powerful, brutally honest fragments, in which black humour and poignancy rub elbows, Émilie Choquet captures a derailed mind. A critically acclaimed literary debut.

Émilie Choquet was born in 1987. She studied literature before teaching a few years at college. She is now a copywriter and translator. Un espace entre les mains was critically acclaimed.

“Not tearful, only very intelligent and totally literary. Here is a first book which brings to light a great writer.” Les libraires
“A writer to follow. A necessary narrative.” avenue.ca
“New voice of rare maturity to watch. Her story explores the flaws in motherhood utopia.” Le Devoir
“Émilie Choquet is highlighting something important.” Radio-Canada
“This fast-paced story, a real page turner, has the quality of clearly showing this brutal gap between the motherhood dreamed of and lived.” La Presse
“Troubling and necessary.” Librairie Vénus
“It's beautiful. It's big. It's true, honest. A story to read, meditate on and share.” Radio-Canada
“We urge you to immerse yourself in this disarming reading!” Librairie Pantoute
“I love her writing. Intelligent and sensitive.” Urbania
“It's incredibly moving!” TPL Moms