Bear Woman: The brand-new memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors

Bear Woman is a memoir by one of Sweden's bestselling authors that explores the life of Marguerite de la Rocque, a sixteenth-century noblewoman who was abandoned, pregnant, and alone on a remote island in Nova Scotia. The writer questions her ability to tell this story and delves deeper into Marguerite's hidden life, surprising and illuminating.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 27 April 2023
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd

For readers of Rachel Cusk, Lisa Taddeo, and the essays of Zadie Smith, Bear Woman is a beautifully wrought memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors.

A beautifully written and astonishing memoir of a woman - a writer - in the midst of motherhood, marriage, and life. While struggling with the demands of family and career, the writer discovers a figure from history, Marguerite de la Rocque, a sixteenth-century noblewoman who was abandoned, pregnant, on a remote island in Nova Scotia. When she is finally rescued, her lover and her baby have died, but she has survived this inhospitable wilderness, alone, for two long years. It's a remarkable story of survival, but one that has been consigned to a footnote.

Delve deeper into Marguerite's hidden life, and the writer begins to question her ability to tell this story, the story of any women in history - or even her own.

The deeply personal journey of a writer, surprising and illuminating, and for me, familiar in the most reassuring way as she loses herself in this compelling story - Esther Freud, author of Hideous Kinky.

Weight: 256g
Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786580597