To the Forest

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Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette's Suzanne (also translated by Rhonda Mullins) was shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award and for Canada Reads, and was a cult hit with readers. The author has said this book could be considered a counterpoint to Suzanne, where the mother now asks: "How do I stay, how to be alive, woman, mother, rooted? What do I want to do with my life, how am I going to celebrate it, honor my passage?" The Quebec edition, Femme Forêt, sold over 50, 000 copies in the first two months after publication. It contends with current crises - climate change, the pandemic - without being didactic, masterfully setting fiction against the backdrop of reality. The novel is set within the pandemic, but Barbeau-Lavalette never mentions the words "covid" or "pandemic." For readers of The Bear by Andrew Krivak, To the Forest is a celebration of the natural world, contextualized in a crucial moment of the urgent climate crisis.