The writer Siobhan Jamison discusses her novel Maternity and Other Corsets (Quattro Books, 2019), with Joseph Planta.

Maternity and Other Corsets by Siobhan Jamison (Quattro Books). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Maternity & Other Corsets

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

In her novel, Maternity and Other Corsets, Siobhan Jamison writes the story of Maebh Murray, a young woman who seeks the bohemian lifestyle in Europe. Maebh falls in with a French painter in Prague. They move back to Paris, where with child, she now single-handedly is supporting her new family. The book is set a year after the Velvet Revolution, and Ms. Jamison, who joins me now depicts so well the Europe of thirty years ago or so, whether it’s in France, or Greece, Ireland, and Spain, other countries Maebh ends up in through the book. I’ll get Siobhan to tell us as much as she’d like about the book, that has gotten terrific notices for its rich prose, and engrossing poetry. She depicts being a mother, domestic violence, as well as the promise of the artistic process, and being close to someone whose might not be fulfilled. Siobhan Jamison teaches at Seneca College in Toronto, where she joined me from last week. This is her first book, which incidentally is published by Quattro Books; and she’s working on its follow-up Frozen Meat on Hooks. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Siobhan Jamison; Ms. Jamison, good morning.

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