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Muette

“Mute” (title translated by AI)

Pascale Beauregard (born 1981)

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Catherine can hear and speak; her parents, labelled deaf-mutes, cannot. From early childhood she is their interpreter and the keeper of their secrets, torn between shame and love, between a mother denied speech and a grandmother who talks too much, until she learns to make her own voice heard.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
224 pages in the original
Genres
Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
First published
2023 by Éditions du Boréal
Author's age
42 when first published
ISBN

9782764627747 (original)