Untamable | Carole Lussier

Carole Lussier was born in a village close to the Canadian-U.S. border, a remote place where each side was colored by the culture of the other. In her parents’ day, people crossed back and forth to work in the Adirondack forests, the vast fields of corn, beans and peas, and the strawberry farms, barely noticing the line between two countries. Even today, families on both sides carry French and English names. There, she grew up far from books.

Driven by a determination to master the written word, she worked as a translator, perfecting both her English and her French. She also worked as a ghostwriter, and later led writing workshops for new authors. Moving into publishing, she produced two anthologies to support them. It was only in retirement that she could devote herself fully to her own writing.

Untamable is her first book, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

What readers said about it

I just finished reading Untamable and I want more. I love every chapter, every page, every sentence. It’s a wonderful way of storytelling, it stays light, and yet it packs a real punch without ever falling into ‘melodrama’. It reads as smoothly as water flowing down a springtime stream. The writing is very modern but at the same time it is given to us in the oral tradition; the author speaks to us as if we were right there in the room with her, and as a reader we ‘listen’ as much as we read. The stories are all interesting, surprising, sometimes stunning. They are powerful concepts, very intimately and beautifully expressed. She always gets to me, and she does it punchily, directly, fabulously. For me, the entire book is a 10/10 success. No matter who and how they will look at it, it will appeal to all audiences.

F. Fraser
B.A. in Literature
USA

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