Juliann savard biography books
A moving family drama organized into seven books with seven chapters each, the mix of points-of-view shatters the heteronormative, nuclear family.
The boundary- and genre-bending non-fiction collection from the Giller-longlisted, GG-shortlisted and Canada Reads– winning author of Jonny Appleseed.!
Deconstructing the Meaning of Motherhood: A Review of The Other Mother
The Other Mother, a multigenerational, multi-perspective novel, is as poignant and nuanced as its structure is unique and transpicuous.
It is a moving family drama organized into seven books with seven chapters each that provide accounts for every character involved. This mix of perspectives shatters the heteronormative, nuclear family, while emphasizing the complexities and vulnerabilities of motherhood.
The book begins with “The Son”—Jenry Castillo: a Cuban-Black piano prodigy and freshman at Brown University on an essential quest for his biological father, Jasper Patterson.
I am a sportswriter with four decades of experience, the last 22 years as a New York Giants beat writer.The premise is not uncommon, but the story takes an unexpected turn when it introduces the other mother, the catalyst of the story. Upon meeting his grandfather, Winston Patterson, a tenured history professor at Brown, Jenry learns that Jasper’s sister, Juliet, also raised him as a young child.
Juliet was romantica