When We Lost Our Heads
Book Feature - When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill
HBL Note: When you were a kid, did you ever go to a Dickens festival? The one I remember attending was around the holidays and characters would dress up as characters from Dickens’ books. It is one of my fondest childhood memories. It felt so immersive. Even though I was keenly aware that I was in a hotel conference room, I felt transported to a different era. Gosh, I miss that feeling. Lisa Swayze of Buffalo Street Books said, “…the nearest comp I find is to Dickens' classic A Tale of Two Cities. This big, dramatic novel is full of Dickensian characters and settings, with a fresh modern take.”
WHEN WE LOST OUR HEADS by Heather O’Neill is about the turbulent friendship between two best friends that turns 19th century Montreal on its head (see what I did there?) Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill
Book Feature - When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill
From the publisher:
Charismatic Marie Antoine is the daughter of the richest man in 19th century Montreal. She has everything she wants, except for a best friend—until clever, scheming Sadie Arnett moves to the neighborhood. Immediately united by their passion and intensity, Marie and Sadie attract and repel each other in ways that thrill them both. Their games soon become tinged with risk, even violence. Forced to separate by the adults around them, they spend years engaged in acts of alternating innocence and depravity. And when a singular event brings them back together, the dizzying effects will upend the city.
Traveling from a repressive finishing school to a vibrant brothel, taking readers firsthand into the brutality of factory life and the opulent lives of Montreal’s wealthy, When We Lost Our Heads dazzlingly explores gender, sex, desire, class, and the terrifying power of the human heart when it can’t let someone go.
Book Feature - When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill
