Audiobooks by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

To the Forest

"CBC BOOKS WORKS OF CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023 49th SHELF EDITORS' PICK FOR JUNE 2023 When a family is forced to return to the mother’s childhood home, she seeks meaning in her ancestral roots and the violent beauty of the natural world. Fleeing the city at the beginning of the pandemic, two families are cramped together in a small century-old country house. Winter seeps through the walls, the wallpaper is peeling, and mice make their nest in the piano. Without phones or internet, they turn to the outdoors, where a new language unfolds, a language of fireflies and clover. The five children explore nature and its treasures, while our narrator, Anaïs, turns to the eccentric neighbours and her own family history to find peace and meaning in the middle of her life. To the Forest is a field guide to a quieter life, a call to return to the places where we can reweave the threads of memory, where existence waltzes with death, where we can recapture what it means to be alive."

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Author), Nathalie Toriel (Narrator)

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[French] - Je voudrais qu'on m'efface

"Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. S’y croisent sans se voir Roxane, Mélissa et Kevin, chacun de son côté du Bloc, chacun au départ de sa vie. À douze ans, ils composent avec le monde dans lequel ils arrivent. Entre le coin des putes, les matchs de lutte, les virées alcoolisées des adultes et la classe des «orthos» où on essaie de les intégrer, ils plongent dans leur imaginaire et tentent de sauver leur peau. Y arriveront-ils? Dans les scènes touchantes ou drôles d’un récit choral, l’écriture cinématographique épouse la langue blessée des acteurs."

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Author), Marine Johnson (Narrator)

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