The Heart of a Peacock Robin Laurence with general and academic readers

with general and academic readers alike rewarded by an incisively told story supplemented by a robust bibliography of primary and secondary sources

good at keeping her mouth shut

rearranging the familiar into something strange and even sinister

Winner The Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (2014)

Soon after

The Heart of a Peacock Robin Laurence with general and academic readersDescription A collection of 51 short stories by the legendary writer and painter Emily Carr, arranged in themes such as her experiences with Native people, her adventures with various beloved creatures and her love of nature. Together, they underline Carr's place as a writer with the sharp yet tender eye of an artist, with a deep feeling for the tragedies of life and with a rich sense of the comic. The book is enhanced by seven of Carr's line drawings