Elliot Cowan

A lyrical, powerful, and richly textured novel about three lives that intertwine in poignant and surprising ways. L'Inconnue is a young woman lost in turbulent Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century. Pieter is a Norwegian toymaker and father to two young children in the 1950s. Anouk is a contemporary Canadian suffering from cystic fibrosis, a medical condition that leaves her constantly fighting for air, swimming through the boundary between...