Mummy never yells. Mostly not ever. Except sometimes.
Mummy never yells. Mostly not ever. Except sometimes.
Claire Cameron is a novelist and writer, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Globe and Mail, and The Rumpus. She worked as a wilderness instructor for Outward Bound and in the early 1990s led canoe trips at a summer camp in Algonquin Park in Canada. This story is inspired by her experiences there. She now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children.
Bold...shocking...distinctive...the reward is striking images that
stick in the mind, a blend of Anna's interpretations of events and
the reader's imagination. It was even more haunting the second time
around
*Independent*
Stylistically impressive and deeply moving
*Glamour*
A taut and touching story of how a child’s love and denial become
survival skills
*Charlotte Rogan, author of The Lifeboat*
This expertly crafted novel could do for camping what Jaws did for
swimming.This agonizing odyssey of loss and being lost also has
humor…The book’s anguished yet hopeful ending provides a touching
terminus for Anna and Stick’s journey to adulthood
*People*
The Bear had me up all night... Claire Cameron is an absolute
master
*Herman Koch, Author of The Dinner*
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