Inspired by a real saponified ("turned to soap") female mummy that resides
in the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Reneé
French's all-new, feature-length picture book, The Soap Lady, is a
wonderfully entrancing and eccentric tale about a boy, a monster, a
ventriloquist dummy, a number of bloodthirsty townspeople, and those soap horns
your mom used to give you in the bubble bath. A sweet and yet unsettling story
about love, loss and friendship, illustrated in the gorgeously detailed and
soft-textured signature style that is Renee French's trademark. Definitely
Reneé's most ambitious and magnificent work to date, packaged beautifully
in a deluxe hardcover format.
