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Bruneau, Carol, 1956-
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Lewis, Maud, 1903-1970. -- Fiction.
Painters -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Folk artists -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
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Bruneau, Carol, 1956-
Lewis, Maud, 1903-1970. -- Fiction.
Painters -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Folk artists -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
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Brighten the corner where you are : a novel inspired by the life of
Maud
Lewis
/ Carol Bruneau.
by
Bruneau, Carol, 1956-
Vagrant Press, 2020.
Call #:
FICTION
BRU
Subjects
Lewis
,
Maud
,
1903-1970
.
--
Fiction
.
Painters
--
Nova Scotia
--
Fiction
.
Folk artists
--
Nova Scotia
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781771088831 (trade pbk)
Description:
360 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"One glimpse of the tiny painted house that folk art legend
Maud
Lewis
shared with her husband, Everett, in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia, during the mid-twentieth century and the startling contrast between her joyful artwork and her life's deprivations is evident. One glimpse at her photo and you realize, for all her smile's shyness, she must've been one tough cookie. But, beneath her iconic resilience, who was
Maud
, really? How did she manage, holed up in that one-room house with no running water, married to a miserly man known for his drinking? Was she happy, or was she miserable? Did painting save or make her Everett's meal ticket? And then there are the darker secrets that haunt her story: the loss of her parents, her child, her first love. Against all odds,
Maud
Lewis
rose above these constraints
--
and this is where you'll find the
Maud
of Brighten the Corner Where You Are: speaking her mind from beyond the grave, freed of the stigmas of gender, poverty, and disability that marked her life and shaped her art. Unfettered and feisty as can be, she tells her story her way, illuminating the darkest corners of her life. In possession of a voice all her own,
Maud
demonstrates the agency that hovers within us all."--Publisher.
Genre:
Biographical
fiction
.
Canadian
fiction
.
Women's
fiction
.
Literary
fiction
.
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5
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