Refusing to accept being dismissed by a society that leaves little space for old women, three friends plan a daring and extraordinary adventure Hannelore, Clotilde, and Frau Schnadelhuber are tired of living in a world that does not allow old women to be seen or heard. Determined to prove their worth to a society devoted to youth, the three women set out to undertake a dangerous stunt that's not to be ignored. With the assistance of Cleopatra Maria, the 26-year-old genius granddaughter of...
A kind of cross between The Haunting of Hill House, Stoner and Alice in Wonderland.Mayr's novel The Widows was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book in the Canada-Caribbean region. Monoceros won the W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, the 2012 Relit Award for Best Novel, and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Shortlisted for the 2012 Furro-Grumley Award for LGBT FictionShortlisted for the 2012 W.O. Mitchell Award for Best Calgary FictionShortlisted for the 2012 Georges Bugnet Award for Alberta FictionLonglisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize Praise for Suzette Mayr: “Venous Hum never fails to impress. Brash, macabre, and irreverent, it’s the kind of story you want to hear from a latter-day Scheherazade: so intoxicating you crave more.”—Vancouver Sun A...
