Synopsis
The artist and musician Geneviève Castrée’s last work—an expression of love, meant to last longer than words
Drawn near the end of her life, surrounded by the nature and calm of Anacortes, Washington, Geneviève Castrée drew one final gift for her two-year-old daughter, the stunning board book A Bubble. Leaving behind a last note for a young child is an incomprehensible...
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26 June 2018
9781770463219Reviews
Appeared on Best of 2018 lists from Pitchfork, Quill & Quire, and 100 Scope Notes!
“Before Geneviève Castrée passed away, she wrote this heart-wrenching story for her daughter… The most heartbreaking book of 2018.”—100 Scope Notes
“[A] heartbreaking last work.”—Pitchfork
"[A Bubble] is beautiful... The art Castrée made is testimony: to the joys of growing older, and to the price."—The Paris Review
“This board book – exploring the poignant relationship between a dying mother and her toddler-aged child – has to be one of the most heartbreaking works we have ever read.”—Quill & Quire
“A masterfully understated evocation of filial love and impending loss, its title an uncannily apt dual metaphor for a family’s self-created safe space and a mother’s fragile condition.”—Montreal Gazette
"Castrée’s book is a work of unbelievable dedication and care... A truly magnificent work of art."—Women's Review of Books
"Castrée’s delicate, detailed artwork, in warm, rich colors, reveals charming details of day-to-day life... Though the subject matter is tough, this thoughtfully written book, which ends on a hopeful note despite Castrée’s death in 2016, might be just right to share with little ones struggling to come to terms with a parent’s infirmity."—Booklist
