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A native of Calgary and of New Hampshire, Nancy Huston now lives in Paris; she writes in both French and English. The author of nine novels and numerous works of nonfiction, she has won the Prix Goncourt des Lyc en, the Prix du Livre-Inter, the Prix Elle, and the Governor General's Award for Fiction in French.
Spare, elegant .... I can think of no other novel that so honestly and deeply explores the experience of the artist. -- Jeffrey Lent, author of In the Fall <br> A sensitive, sweeping account of the difficulty of reconciling maternal and artistic callings -Publishers Weekly <br> A haunting story about an uncommon subject -Library Journal <br> One wakes from this novel as from a spell of urgent, slow-motion dreams. . . . Slow Emergencies is full of the elements of enchantment. -- The Washington Post<br> <br> Told simply and without pretense. . . . Huston deserves bravos for her portrayal of how motherhood devours the mother. - Book
