Description:
Mothers are created by the existence of their children, and then simultaneously expanded and abbreviated by maternity as a social category. An almost impossible intimacy.
Brief description: Sara Danièle Michaud holds a doctorate in comparative literature from the Université de Montréal, and did a postdoc at the University of Toronto on conversion narratives. Her research and publications have often looked at the notion of the sacred and the intersection of philosophy and literature. She currently teaches literature at the Cégep de Saint- Laurent. Cicatrices: Carnets de conversion, published by Nota Bene in 2022, is her third book and first one to be translated into English.
Review Quotes:
"One of the strongest, most original, candid texts I have read about becoming a mother?about moving on to that new life?and which also manages to avoid idealization." Radio-Canada
"By sharing this most intimate notebook with the world, Sara Danièle Michaud achieves something that is almost sacred; she makes it possible for the singular to become universal?her own experience, but also that of women writers who have come before her and who, like her, have sought to enter into conversation and into relationships, with other mothers." Le Devoir