Clouds

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By (author): Lucy Haché

Illustrated by: Michael Joyal

In this brave first book, Lucy Haché transports the reader with intimate revelations on self-awareness and identity by exploring both her personal and ancestral relationship to the sea, forest and sky. Through skilled restraint and beautifully astute description, Haché’s prose reaches past her own contemplation to connect us all. Masterfully illustrated by artist Michael Joyal, his stunning and meteorologically accurate cloud drawings contribute to the overall sensory and transcendent experience.

AUTHOR

Lucy Haché

Lucy Haché, writer and adventurer of Kwakwaka’wakw/Métis and Scottish/Irish descent. She is a member of the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations, a Kwakwaka’wakw Community on the Northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Much of her life has been spent in the forest or on the sea. When she’s not surrounded by nature she writes about it. She also writes about contemporary and historical Indigenous issues.

AUTHOR

Michael Joyal

Michael Joyal is a Canadian watercolour artist whose work focus on reinterpreting characters from mythology and fairy tales through a modern lens. The paintings explore roles of feminine power through feelings of strength, anger, melancholy and joy. He has exhibited in Canada and the United States. His work is held in permanent collection at the International Cryptozoology Museum and the Legislative Library of Manitoba.

Reviews

“Lucy Haché pulls universal truths from her very personal observations that will resonate long after the reader has put aside this jewel of a book. I loved each word, and every one of Michael Joyal’s perfect illustrations.” –Charles de Lint, author of Moonheart and The Onion Girl