Unbidan
Acme Inc.
            {
    "id": 410548,
    "slug": "chouette",
    "nstc": null,
    "title": "Chouette",
    "subtitle": "Claire Oshetsky",
    "collection_title": null,
    "collection_part_number": null,
    "annotation": null,
    "description": "<p>A FIERCE, DARK FABLE ABOUT MOTHERHOOD THAT WILL GRIP YOU IN ITS TALONS AND NEVER LET GO Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. 'It's not yours,' she tells him. 'This baby will be an owl-baby.' Tiny's always been an outsider, and she knows her child will be different. When Chouette is born, Tiny's husband and family are devastated by her condition and strange appearance. Doctors tell them to expect the worst. Chouette won't learn to walk; she never speaks; she lashes out when frightened and causes chaos in public. Tiny's husband wants to make her better: 'Don't you want our daughter to have a normal life?' But Tiny thinks Chouette is perfect the way she is. As Tiny and her husband fight over what's right for their child, Chouette herself is growing. In her fierce self-possession, her untameable will, she teaches Tiny to break free of expectations - no matter what it takes. Savage, startling, possessed of a biting humour and wild love, Chouette is a dark modern fable about mothering an unusual child. It will grip you in its talons and never let go.</p>",
    "imprint": null,
    "language_code": "eng",
    "original_language_code": null,
    "page_count": 208,
    "duration_seconds": null,
    "publication_date_first": "2021-11-04",
    "publication_date_latest": "2021-11-30",
    "cover_url": null,
    "editions": [
        {
            "isbn": "9780349014906",
            "product_form": "BC"
        }
    ],
    "ratings_count": 0,
    "read_count": 0,
    "review_count": 0,
    "favorite_count": 0,
    "reading_status_read_count": 0,
    "reading_status_reading_count": 0,
    "reading_status_want_to_read_count": 0,
    "rating_average": null,
    "ratings_distribution": {
        "1": 0,
        "2": 0,
        "3": 0,
        "4": 0,
        "5": 0
    },
    "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:42:30+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-10-31T00:34:21+00:00",
    "publisher": {
        "id": 4200,
        "slug": "little-brown",
        "name": "Little, Brown",
        "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:08:55+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2025-09-19T15:10:07+00:00"
    },
    "contributors": [
        {
            "id": 252496,
            "slug": "claire-oshetsky",
            "key_names": "Oshetsky, Claire",
            "names_before_key": null,
            "prefix_to_key": null,
            "contributor_role": "A01",
            "readable_contributor_role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "genres": [],
    "subjects": [
        {
            "scheme_identifier": "32",
            "scheme_version": null,
            "main_subject": false,
            "subject_code": "300",
            "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:42:30+00:00",
            "updated_at": "2025-09-19T13:42:30+00:00"
        }
    ],
    "campaigns": []
}
        

Chouette

Claire Oshetsky
ID 410548
Slug chouette
Contributors
Author : Oshetsky, Claire
Annotation
Description <p>A FIERCE, DARK FABLE ABOUT MOTHERHOOD THAT WILL GRIP YOU IN ITS TALONS AND NEVER LET GO Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. 'It's not yours,' she tells him. 'This baby will be an owl-baby.' Tiny's always been an outsider, and she knows her child will be different. When Chouette is born, Tiny's husband and family are devastated by her condition and strange appearance. Doctors tell them to expect the worst. Chouette won't learn to walk; she never speaks; she lashes out when frightened and causes chaos in public. Tiny's husband wants to make her better: 'Don't you want our daughter to have a normal life?' But Tiny thinks Chouette is perfect the way she is. As Tiny and her husband fight over what's right for their child, Chouette herself is growing. In her fierce self-possession, her untameable will, she teaches Tiny to break free of expectations - no matter what it takes. Savage, startling, possessed of a biting humour and wild love, Chouette is a dark modern fable about mothering an unusual child. It will grip you in its talons and never let go.</p>
Genres
Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Little, Brown
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 208
Duration
Publication date first 2021-11-04
Publication date latest 2021-11-30
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9780349014906 (BC)

Ratings & Reviews

0.0
0 ratings
Sign in to rate
You need to be logged in to submit a rating.

Recent Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this book!