In Held, Michaels seeks to answer questions about trauma and war, the ways we make meaning out of life and the love that creates families
Canadian writer Anne Michaels poses with her book Held during the Booker Prize 2024 Award photo call event, at the Southbank centre, in London, on Nov. 11.prizes, said reciprocity is key to her writing process. She tries to anticipate her readers’ needs as she crafts her novels, ensuring they’ll stay with her as she addresses big, fundamental questions.
The book is non-linear, each section a sort of vignette that exposes another piece of the family’s story. It opens on the battlefields of the First World War where a photographer-turned-soldier lies close to death. The story follows him home to England where he must grapple with what the war took from him and what it left behind.
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