Book of Jessica

'Imagine one woman acting out another woman's life before that woman's eyes. Imagine that the woman improvising is white, and the woman watching is Metis. Imagine that the two women collaborate on a play: fight over the play: do not speak to each other for years and finally reconcile, recording their tempestuous journey in a book which ends with the play The result is a fascinating study not only of the tortuous birth of a magnificent play but of the relationship of two women driven apart and bound together by a maelstrom of internal and external forces' ~ The Globe and Mail

Part dialogue, part narrative, part playscript, this unique book contains the award-winning play "Jessica" as well as the extraordinary story of its making