On Marthe Laverdière’s bedside table

Twice a month, a public figure tells us what they are reading at the moment. This week: author, horticulturist and storyteller Marthe Laverdière, whose new historical saga La Delle has just arrived in bookstores and which we will be able to see from June at the helm of his own show, Planting with Martheon VAT.



Brother AndréMicheline Lachance

“I really like reading about these larger-than-life lives. It’s sure that it’s been romanticized a lot, but seeing how a person can strip themselves to this extent to reach out to another, I like that. It’s an old book that I found in an Écolivres – I really like going to the Écolivres. I choose to buy very used books because I tell myself that if they have been used, it is because they have been loved [rires] ! We see all the struggles there were to build the Saint-Joseph oratory, all the difficulties he encountered, the people who did not understand him because he was a man who was not very educated. . His way of living, his way of seeing life, his struggles, it’s very inspiring. »

Brother André

Brother André

Les Éditions de l’Homme

400 pages

The Deblois sisters, Louise Tremblay D’Essiambre

” I loved The Deblois sisters. We are in the history of Quebec, once again. I really like Louise Tremblay D’Essiambre’s way of writing. I think she portrays her characters well. I really, really liked this series. That’s what life is like: it’s ups, then downs, then pairs of downs, as my father would say. And in the books [de cette saga], that’s it. »

The Deblois sisters, volume 1, Charlotte

The Deblois sistersvolume 1, Charlotte

Saint Jean

536 pages

Happiness of the dayFrançoise Gaudet-Smet

“She tells us about everything she learned from her mother, about plants, cooking… It’s 1950s housewife stuff, but it’s wonderful because it opens a door to knowledge of our ancestors that we lost. It’s a gold mine for those who want to learn about it. I found all these old books in Écolivres; and this one was threadbare – the tips of the leaves were rounded from being consulted. There are many who say that in Écolivres, there are books that are not fashionable, but a book is always fashionable. »

Happiness of the day

Happiness of the day

Leméac

303 pages


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