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Chouette


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Title: Chouette

Author: Claire Oshetsky

Publisher: Ecco

@eccobooks

Genre: Literary Fiction

Book Tour: BiblioLifestyle

@bibliolifestyle


Chouette is the perfect example of being bold and daring and reading outside of your comfort zone. I donโ€™t know what the heck I just read . . . but it was oddly compelling and I freaking loved it. LOVED IT! Thank you partner @bibliolifestyle + the publisher @ecco and the author for having me on this book tour.


Author, Claire Oshetsky, writing was so beautiful. I read this book in one sitting. I was poetic, lyrical and filled with metaphors that I could relate and love. It was like the author was whispering right into my ear. It was creative, fresh, and funny . . . though maybe for some it will be dark and dip over into magical realism a bit too much.


โ€œBut hereโ€™s the crux of it, owl-baby. Your father wants to fix you, and I want us to love you are you are.โ€


Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted.


โ€œYou think this baby is going to be like you, but itโ€™s not like you at all,โ€ she warns him. โ€œThis baby is an owl-baby.โ€


When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughterโ€™s needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouetteโ€™s behaviors grow violent and strange, Tinyโ€™s loving commitment to her daughter is unwavering. When she discovers that her husband is on an obsessive and increasingly dangerous quest to find a โ€œcureโ€ for their daughter, Tiny must decide whether Chouette should be raised to fit in or to be herselfโ€”and learn what it truly means to be a mother.


Arresting, darkly funny,ย andย unsettling,ย Chouetteย is a brilliant exploration of ambition, sacrifice, perceptions of ability, and the ferocity of motherly love. ย 


Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ซ My only complaint is I hate long chapters; especially for a book thatโ€™s only 235 pages. Pick this one up today . . . Itโ€™s out now (Pub day was November 16th)


CW: violence to animals and other humans

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