Mouthing the Words

Proof Copy. 12mo. 186 pp. Cream wraps, printed in black.

Author's first book. Winner of the 2000 Toronto Book Award. Selected by the Globe and Mail as one of the "Best Books of the Year." A coming-of-age novel about a young girl's growing pains through episodes of sexual abuse, anorexia and borderline multiple personality disorder, told in a voice by turns harrowing, inspiring and wonderfully funny. "A bold and ambitious debut from a writer who sows the seeds of great promise." –Daily Express