Because I Have Loved and Hidden It
“Love is a strange geometry”. To celebrate the release of her debut novel, Because I Have Loved And Hidden It (Cormorant Books), Elise Moser will discuss the various points of intersection that link and liberate people with award-winning writer and performer, Ann-Marie MacDonald. Following their interview, veteran publicistBruce Walsh will host a reception for Moser and MacDonald at his home. Marc Glassman, Executive Director of This Is Not A Reading Series, will host the evening.
– A This is Not A Reading Series event presented by The Force For Cultural Events Production, Cormorant Books, Dora Keough, NOW Magazine and Take Five On CIUT.
BECAUSE I HAVE LOVED AND HIDDEN IT
Julia is in limbo. Her mother has just died and her married lover, Nicholas, has gone missing in Morocco. Thirsting for love, for sex, for connection, she grasps at the trailing threads of those who have left her behind: a birth certificate, issued two years before she was born and kept secret from her; and memories of Nicholas, his touch, his scent, his every action consuming her waking moments and filling her lonely nights.
Her need to fill the void is so great that when Deepa, Nicholas's wife, walks through her door; they begin a passionate affair, carried along by desire and desperation. This — along with the mysterious birth certificate — leads Julia to question where she fits in other peoples’ lives, and where she has fallen through the cracks.
"This is one seductive book. Elise Moser’s lush prose made me slow down against my impulse to hurry and find out where the story would go next. An intertwining meditation on deceptions that we create and then come to see as inevitable."— Padma Viswanathan, author of The Toss of a Lemon
Elise Moser holds an Honours BA from McGill and is the current president of the Quebec Writers' Federation. Her stories "Malke's Baby" and "Advanced Pilates Tickle Trunk" have won the CBC/QWF Short Story Competition in 2004 and 2006 respectively. After many years working as a buyer at Paragraphe Bookstore in Montreal, Elise is now familiar to many stores across the country as a sales rep with Lexa Publishers' Representatives. She is also the Literary Editor of The Rover, an electronic independent review of arts and culture. Elise lives in Montreal.
Ann-Marie MacDonald is an award-winning playwright, novelist, actor and broadcaster. Notable amongst her many plays are the widely celebrated Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). She is the author of several novels, Belle Moral, The Way The Crow Flies and Fall On Your Knees. MacDonald’s work as an actor and writer has been honoured with a number of awards, including the Governor General’s Award, the Gemini Award, the Chalmers Award and the Dora Mavor Moore Award. MacDonald is the host of the CBC seriesLife And Times. She lives in Toronto with her partner, her daughter and two dogs.
Contacts:Elise Moser: Laura Houlihan,l.houlihan@cormorantbooks.com
This Is Not A Reading Series: Chris Reed,coordinator@tinars.ca
