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Chouette
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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Publisher's Summary
"Claire Oshetsky’s novel is a marvel: its language a joy, its imagination dizzying." (Rumaan Alam, New York Times best-selling author of Leave the World Behind)
An exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremis
Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. “You think this baby is going to be like you, but it’s not like you at all,” she warns him. “This baby is an owl-baby."
When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughter’s needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouette’s behaviors grow violent and strange, Tiny’s loving commitment to her daughter is unwavering. When she discovers that her husband is on an obsessive and increasingly dangerous quest to find a “cure” for their daughter, Tiny must decide whether Chouette should be raised to fit in or to be herself - and learn what it truly means to be a mother.
Arresting, darkly funny, and unsettling, Chouette is a brilliant exploration of ambition, sacrifice, perceptions of ability, and the ferocity of motherly love.
The Chouette audiobook features original music composed and performed by Claire Oshetsky’s daughter, Patricia Taxxon.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- M. Janette McMillan
- 2022-02-10
Need to read rather than listen
I really wanted to listen to this book and was not daunted by the reviews of it being unsettling. But… I found the music disruptive, jarring, and ultimately annoying, so have not completed it. Disappointed because enjoying the prose and the presenter.
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