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“... the most representative is La Petite Fadette, which recently appeared in a new translation by Gretchen vanSlyke, who also translated Reid’s biography. Let’s return to the moment when Landry, unable to find his morose twin brother Sylvinet, is ready to drown himself in the river. At this point Fadette, a waif ...”

“... where Bonheur narrates her life in her own words. (The long overdue English translation, by Gretchen vanSlyke, was rightly described as an ‘[auto]biography’ when it was published in 1997.) Bonheur was determined to give recognition to her mother: ‘Everything good and beautiful I’ve done during my 76 ...”