{"product_id":"the-orange-notebooks-paperback","title":"The Orange Notebooks - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusanna Crossman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold through a mother's journals written while interned in a French psychiatric ward, this is a novel about love, and the lost language and rituals of mourning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe siesta hour, France. Bees fly in lavender bushes. Anna has just come home, but something is wrong, and she fears nothing will ever be right again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna is haunted by the death of her only child, Lou. Hospitalized in a psychiatric ward, Anna becomes determined to undo death by writing everything down in a set of orange notebooks: fragments and tales about bees, death rituals, the story of her relationship with Lou's Basque father, Antton, and their meeting on a ferry on the day Princess Diana died, a cursed trench coat, Lou's Jewish and Basque heritage, and the duplicity of the colour beige.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the hospital, Anna meets Yann, a Breton sea captain. Together, they go on a surreal, Orphic journey to the underworld, sailing from Finistère to the middle of the English Channel, to try and find Lou at the exact point where his destiny began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanna Crossman\u003c\/b\u003e is an essayist and award-winning fiction writer. Her acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eHome is Where We Start: Growing Up In The Fallout of The Utopian Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Fig Tree, Penguin, in 2024. She has recent work in \u003ci\u003eAeon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. A published novelist in France, she regularly collaborates with artists. When she's not writing, she works on three continents as a lecturer and clinical arts-therapist. Born in the UK, Susanna Crossman grew up in an international commune and now lives in France with her partner and three daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52583180075315,"sku":"9781998336197","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/xr8KBSIltz9781998336197.webp?v=1761558866","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-orange-notebooks-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}