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The Lion’s Mouth

The Lion’s Mouth

The Lion’s Mouth is a novel of displacement, intrigue, yearning, and moral compromise. The heroine Bianca writes of a time of crisis in both the life of her cousin Marco and that of his country in order to negate her loss of family and home.
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In The Lion’s Mouth, an Italian/Canadian woman, Bianca, tells the story of her beloved cousin, Marco, whose life is disintegrating along with his city - Venice - Marco is her dark twin, her Italian self. As she tries to make sense of her cousin’s breakdown, she describes her story and reflects on her immigrant and Canadian experiences, coming to terms with her dual cultures. The novel is multifaceted - a thriller, a study of social mores, a self-reflexive account - and yet the  whole is seamless, powerful, and elegant.

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The Lion’s Mouth

Through its imaginative exploration of the questions of Canadian and Italian culture, The Lion’s Mouth is a significant contribution to Canada’s national literature as well as to the immigrant writing of the world.

Joseph Pivato

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Ethnic Studies
Edwards has a good eye, and she knows how to shape the curve of her sentence to fit the thing exactly.

Ted Bishop

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Canadian Literature Magazine
Edwards writes a clear, elegant prose. She gives us Marco’s story with economy, emotional acuity, and a sure eye for significant detail.”

Rick Archbold

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Books in Canada
The novel is an astonishing debut – well-conceived, sensuous, completely original.

Ken McGooghan

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The Calgary Herald
In this complex story Bianca, now Canadian though Venetian born, writes of her beloved cousin Marco whose life in Venice is disintegrating, just as his glorious and decaying city…Marco, an architect, is the father of a child who will never grow up, who can never be whole. His marriage has proven unequal to the strain and heartbeat of the child’s lifelong tragedy…(Through an old lover) Marco is unwittingly drawn into a web of intrigue leading to a political assignation. In this finely told story, a precise and deliberate stylist creates an unforgettable portrait of a city and a man shadowed by despair.”

Jean McGrath

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Canadian Book Review Annual

Reviews

Through its imaginative exploration of the questions of Canadian and Italian culture, The Lion’s Mouth is a significant contribution to Canada’s national literature as well as to the immigrant writing of the world.

Joseph Pivato

Ethnic Studies
Edwards has a good eye, and she knows how to shape the curve of her sentence to fit the thing exactly.

Ted Bishop

Canadian Literature Magazine
Edwards writes a clear, elegant prose. She gives us Marco’s story with economy, emotional acuity, and a sure eye for significant detail.”

Rick Archbold

Books in Canada
The novel is an astonishing debut – well-conceived, sensuous, completely original.

Ken McGooghan

The Calgary Herald
In this complex story Bianca, now Canadian though Venetian born, writes of her beloved cousin Marco whose life in Venice is disintegrating, just as his glorious and decaying city…Marco, an architect, is the father of a child who will never grow up, who can never be whole. His marriage has proven unequal to the strain and heartbeat of the child’s lifelong tragedy…(Through an old lover) Marco is unwittingly drawn into a web of intrigue leading to a political assignation. In this finely told story, a precise and deliberate stylist creates an unforgettable portrait of a city and a man shadowed by despair.”

Jean McGrath

Canadian Book Review Annual

Other Books by Edwards

Finding Rosa: A Mother with Alzheimer’s/A Daughter in Search of the Past

A moving account of one woman's journey–geographical intellectual, and emotional–into the realm of her mother's dementia and in search of the past and home.

The Sicilian Wife

Set in the contrasting climates of Sicily and Edmonton, this literary noir is a masterful tale of family, murder, and the inescapable pull of the past.

Riscoprendo Mia Madre: Una figlia alla ricerca del passato

The Italian edition of Finding Rosa, with an introduction by Dr. William Boelhower. It was translated into Italian by Sabrina Rega. Published by Les Flaneurs Edizioni

About me

When I was a child, I told myself stories to escape reality and plot adventures. As an adult, I use my words to explore, find, and connect to a deeper reality.

I have published six books, fiction and nonfiction, four of which won awards, and all received considerable critical and academic attention. I was also inducted into the City of Edmonton’s Cultural and Arts Hall of Fame.
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I am happy to visit book clubs either in person or through Zoom.

I am also available to speak on a variety of literary topics, including the writing life or the difficulties in writing your family story.
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And I can offer half or full day writing workshops. I have experience giving workshops in schools, to writing groups, and once to the inmates of the Edmonton Maximum Security Institution.

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