Cardboard Boy

Theo can't come back to his certitudes after talking to Malak
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Theo, a dispirited workplace humanitarian, audits a child working at a cardboard plant in a port city somewhere in Asia. He is impressed by young Malak's grit and fortitude, displaying a maturity beyond his years.
When that boy, the same age as his own son, disappears from the sweatshop, Theo cannot let it rest. His quest for answers only raises more questions about the traps of structured help and acquired privilege.
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An unsettling psychological drama, quietly told by multiple awards-winning Canadian SF author Michèle Laframboise.

If you appreciate Jean-Christophe Rufin's humanitarian stories, you will like Theo, a bumbling cooperant coming to terms with the real impact of his engagement.
Read Cardboard Boy to experiment our humanity's harsh and ironic contrasts. You won't be able to forget Malak

About the author

Michèle Laframboise vit à Mississauga, dans le sud de l'Ontario, où elle partage son temps entre le dessin, l'écriture et sa famille. De formation scientifique, elle s'est imposée comme auteure de science-fiction, en concoctant, à la plume ou au pinceau, des intrigues captivantes se déroulant dans des mondes empreints de mystère. Elle a publié à ce jour une vingtaine de romans et d'albums de BD ainsi que de nombreuses nouvelles, lui ayant valu plusieurs distinctions et prix littéraires.

Product details

• Authors: Michèle Laframboise, Michèle Laframboise
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2017
• EAN: 9781988339221
• ISBN: 978-1-988339-22-1
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 86 g
• Series: Echovisions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, Narrative theme: Interior life, Fiction: general and literary