<b>Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, Finalist \u2022 One of Indigo\u2019s Most Anticipated Canadian Books \u2022 One of the CBC\u2019s Canadian Fiction Books to Read in Fall 2024<br><ol> <\/ol><i>Women Talking<\/i> meets <i>Study for Obedience<\/i> in this stunning depiction of fresh grief by Fawn Parker, the Giller Prize\u2013longlisted author of <i>What We Both Know<\/i>.<\/b><br><br>Shortly after her mother\u2019s death, Fawn arrives at the farmhouse<i>.<\/i> While there, she will stay in her mother\u2019s bedroom in the house that is also occupied by four other women who live by an unusual set of beliefs.<br><br>Wrestling with longstanding compulsive and harmful behaviours, as well as severe self-doubt, Fawn is confronted with the reality of her mother\u2019s death. It is her responsibility to catalogue the furniture and possessions in the room, then sell or dispose of them. Instead, Fawn becomes fixated on archiving her mother\u2019s writing and documents, searching for signs, and drawing tenuous connections to help her understand more about the enigmatic woman in the pages.<br><br><i>I am surrounded by mocking evidence of her inhabitancy of this room. Quickly, it is expiring. Today she was alive. When the day runs out that will no longer be true. Tomorrow I will be able to say that yesterday she was alive, at least. The next day, nothing. She will just be dead. The fact seems to be at its smallest now, growing with time. For now she is many things, and there are many places left to find her.<\/i><br><br>In <i>Hi, It\u2019s Me,<\/i> Fawn Parker<i> <\/i>is unafraid to explore the bewildering relationship between the living and the dead. Strikingly original, provocative, and engrossing <i>Hi, It\u2019s Me <\/i>takes us into the furthest corners of grief, invoking the physicality and painful embodiment of terminal illness with astonishing precision and emotional force. This mesmerizing, devastating novel asks: <i>Why must it be this way? <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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