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VenCo

Auteur(s): Cherie Dimaline

Narrateur(s): Michelle St. John

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From the bestselling author of Empire of Wild, a wickedly subversive, deliciously imaginative, deeply feminist novel of contemporary witches on the rise—a book that only the supremely gifted storyteller Cherie Dimaline could write.

Lucky St. James, orphaned daughter of a bad-ass Métis good-times girl, is barely hanging on to her nowhere life when she finds out that she and her grandmother, Stella, are about to be evicted from their apartment. Bad to worse in a heartbeat. Then one night, doing laundry in the building's dank basement, Lucky feels an irresistible something calling to her. Crawling through a hidden hole in the wall, she finds a tarnished silver spoon depicting a story-book hag over letters that spell out S-A-L-E-M.

Which alerts Salem-born Meena Good, finder of a matching spoon, to Lucky's existence. One of the most powerful witches in North America, Meena has been called to bring together seven special witches and seven special spoons—infused with magic and scattered to the four directions more than a century ago—to form a magic circle that will restore women to their rightful power. Under the wing of the international headhunting firm VenCo, devoted to placing exceptional women in roles where they can influence business, politics and the arts, Meena has spent years searching out witches hiding in plain sight wherever women gather: suburban book clubs, Mommy & Me groups, temp agencies. Lucky and her spoon are number six.

With only one more spoon to find, a very powerful adversary has Meena's coven in his sights—Jay Christos, a roguish and deadly witch-hunter as old as witchcraft itself. As the clock ticks toward a now-or-never deadline, Meena sends Lucky and her grandmother on a dangerous, sometimes hilarious, road trip through the United States in search of the seventh spoon. The trail leads them at last to the darkly magical city of New Orleans, where Lucky's final showdown with Jay Christos will determine whether the coven will be completed, ushering in a new beginning, or whether witches will be forced to remain forever underground.

Cherie DimalineMichelle St. JohnRandom House Canada

Créateurs autochtones

Fantastique

Fiction

Fiction féminine

Littérature mondiale

Magique

Voix de femmes

Effrayant

Sorcellerie

Utilisateurs magiques

Spirituel

Drôle

Sincère

Créateurs autochtones Fantastique Fiction Fiction féminine Littérature mondiale Magique Voix de femmes Effrayant Sorcellerie Utilisateurs magiques Spirituel Drôle Sincère

Ce que les critiques en disent

“Bring magic back into your life with the compulsively readable VenCo, a thundering, fantastical road trip with the wily Lucky St. James, her unpredictable grandmother, the witches they are trying to unite and the man who wants to end them all.” —Eden Robinson

“Once I opened VenCo, I was propelled through an entire night of charmed reading. Cherie Dimaline creates a world utterly fantastical, yet real. VenCo is funny, tense and cracking with a dark, divine energy.” —Louise Erdrich, New York Times bestselling author of The Sentence

“Crackling with magic, mystery, adventure, and intrigue, VenCo is a captivating tribute to the bonds of families we are born into and the ones that we create, and a delightful testament to the power of all womankind.” —Nikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author of The Measure

“Spellbinding and utterly original, VenCo shows the power women can wield when we join forces.” —Kirsten Miller, author of The Change

"A gripping, witchy romp of a novel. It's impossible not to fall in love with Stella and Lucky." —BuzzFeed

"Fast, fun, full of charms. . . . A propulsive read full of intriguing detail, this novel is well-written, engaging and, more than anything, enjoyable. The reader will feel genuine affection for Dimaline’s irreverent, badass witches as they battle for the future of their family and the future of the world, one and the same in Dimaline’s inclusive vision." —Kirkus Reviews

“Subversive and imaginative.” —CBC

“VenCo is an absolute thrill ride of a book, a page-turner of the highest order. It is also, as one would expect from Dimaline, a smart book. . . . VenCo is a powerful and unique reading experience, threaded through with humour and peril. It’s a perfect novel for a winter’s day, because sometimes, our reading life needs a touch of magic.” —Toronto Star

“A vibrantly diverse cross section of womanhood as well as folk beliefs and magical thought across the country. . . . Fans of magical realism and ladies getting stuff done will enjoy this ride.” —Booklist

“Fast-paced and fun.” —Winnipeg Free Press

“It’s hard to say whether the characters or the plot [are] more enjoyable. VenCo has so much going on, and so much going for it. You won’t regret picking this one up (unless it’s to lament the lack of sleep you got because you couldn’t put it down).” —Book Riot

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Cherie Dimaline is an imaginative writer, who creates worlds within worlds, populating them with visceral characters who grip your heart. Some of her characters are witty and funny and the lovely relationship in this book between the main character and her grandmother warms the reader's heart even as they face danger. I don't want to reveal plot because it is skilfully developed and the reader deserves to meet each event without foreknowledge. The narration is amazing and I highly recommend this book.