Catalogues (PDF)
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Manon Under The Chestnut TreeJean-François Beauchemin
A poetic love story where nature and memory entwine, revealing the soul of a woman as vivid and mysterious as the forest itself.
In this story that isn't really a story, this tale with no beginning and no end, a man tells us about his love story with Manon, the woman he has loved for over thirty years and who constantly reorders his life as one might rearrange old furniture stored in the attic.
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Not Loving MenMarie-Sissi Labrèche
Not Loving Men, or how to break free from the hellish cycle of phony love that wounds.
Empty nest syndrome is the painful feeling of sadness or loneliness that some parents experience when their Not Loving Men: It’s been ingrained in her since childhood, raised by a larger-than-life grandmother and a fragile mother. But Marie-Sissi does as she pleases, even if it means getting burned. She strings boys along “like macaroni on a necklace,” fueled by sex for lack of anything better.“I always thought you could enter me however you want, as deeply as possible, but you’d never reach my heart. What a fool I was!” Raw, direct, and unsettling, this novel follows in the footsteps of the author’s first autofictions, Borderline and La brèche.
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I Have No One to Tell That I'm AfraidVéronique Marcotte
Three women's paths converge in a haunting tale where secrets kill and survival demands breaking the silence.
Véronique, an author in her thirties, seeks to escape her troubled past by retreating to a remote cabin. Her desire for solitude and redemption is quickly tested by the arrival of Jade and her son, two souls on the run, each carrying their own scars. Their unexpected presence forces Véronique to confront her inner demons and navigate a complex emotional labyrinth, marked by painful memories and a quest for forgiveness.
Miles away, Inspector Lefèvre investigates a double murder. The horrific truth unfolds as their lives intertwine.
Véronique Marcotte explores humanity's dark side in this uncompromising feminist novel, blending crime fiction with autofiction
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StepfatherStéphane Dompierre
Family ties meet supernatural chills in a Montreal thriller where becoming a stepfather is the scariest adventure of all.
The chalet we arrive at is exactly like the one Lisbeth drew, and it could easily have appeared in her all-black notebook, a remote hideout perfect for burying bodies in the dead of night. A place where, if something bad happens to you, no one will hear you scream. But in the end, it’s the moments spent with family that make the best memories, not the place itself, or so Jimmy hopes. After three months of dating Audrey, Jimmy discovers she has a daughter, Lisbeth. Soon after, he learns he’ll have to look after Lisbeth for a while to help out his almost-girlfriend. When strange nighttime incidents involving the child begin to occur, Jimmy starts to wonder if his lack of parenting experience is really to blame, or if something more sinister is at play. Does he need a parenting coach, a bodyguard, or an exorcist?