num_pages: 156
description: Flora Fontages is a famous Parisian actress who has been in exile from her native Canada for twenty years. When word comes that her long-estranged daughter, Maud, has disappeared in Quebec City, she decides to return home, accepting the part of Winnie, the old crone in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, at a local theatre. The visit unexpectedly turns into a devastating confrontation with her past and present illusions, as Flora finds she must come to terms with all the roles she has ever played in life, as actress, woman, mother, child, and lover.
language: English
title: The First Garden
titlecomplete: The First Garden
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada
ratings_count: 193
places: Quebec City, Quebec
publisher: House of Anansi Pr