The debut novel from the Ondaatje Prize and Laurel Prize-winning author
When artist Dominique receives a letter from her dying father, a reckoning with repressed memories and a pull for romantic and familial love sends shock waves through her life, as she journeys to Paris to face the places and events of her early years.
Balanced with visits to the Venezuelan Amazon, where Dominique explores a spiritual and loving longing (meeting a young guide, Juan), a raw and tender unfolding of this love story is a parallel to the uncovering of the shocking truth of Dominique’s birth, and her parents’ relationship.
Pascale Petit’s My Hummingbird Father is a beautifully lyrical debut novel in dialogue with Pascale’s Ondaatje and Laurel Prize-winning poetry collection, Mama Amazonica.
- ISBN10 1784633127
- ISBN13 9781784633127
- Publish Date 15 September 2024
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Salt Publishing
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Language English