My Evangeline
Eighteen is a confusing age, to be sure...The style of the novel is poetic, bordering on shamanic. Beautiful, raw, romantic and surreal--without falling into trite young adult fantasy - Boston Athenaeum
Exquisite prose, a beautifully-executed structure and echos from French-speaking Canada’s turbulent past demanded that I slow down and savor this gem of a book...and to note My Evangeline as “highly recommended” while flagging Heidi Legg as an author to follow - www.readerunboxed.com
You can listen to Heidi speak about her novel on CBC Radio and Radio Canada.
CBC RADIO Modern Twist on Evangeline
RADIO-CANADA Televison Émission du vendredi 27 avril 2012
It challenges me to look to different genres where I find gems like this... A book I truly enjoyed and I suspect would be especially good for lover's of Longfellow's heroine - www.brokenteepee.com
I loved the way she drew parallels between Eve and Evangeline, and I loved the excerpts interspersed throughout the text. What a cool idea for a novel: create a character with the same name and home as the romantic figure, then give her a metaphorically similar life, all the while quoting Longfellow. Brilliant! - www.thebluebookcase.blogspot.com
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