Cashmere Comes from Goats by S. Portico Bowman
“S. Portico Bowman is a writer of great compassion and depth, and Cashmere Comes From Goats reflects the noble struggle we all face to live in this world with integrity. Readers will root for Robin as she overcomes her self-doubt and finds her way back, against all odds, to her heart’s deepest longing.” Alison Pick, author of ‘Far to Go,’ was nominated for the Man Booker Prize.
Was it the death of her dog, Bloom, or was she just tired of her routine as a dentist? Or perhaps her depression was the result of her (mostly) unrequited love for her former piano teacher, Bruno? As Robin contemplates a sabbatical to see puffins in Newfoundland, a fateful google search puts everything on hold. When she *accidentally* finds Bruno’s grown son–or a younger double–living in France with a woman Bruno knew briefly many many years ago, Robin has a choice: stay in Canada and monitor her distant father’s suspected dementia, or accept Bruno’s demand that she go with him to France, and help him face fatherhood a few decades too late.
S. Portico Bowman is a writer of great compassion and depth, and Cashmere Comes From Goats reflects the noble struggle we all face to live in this world with integrity. Readers will root for Robin as she overcomes her self-doubt and finds her way back, against all odds, to her heart’s deepest longing.
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— Alison Pick, nominated for the Man Booker Prize and author of Far To Go.
Endless calibrations of what I want, what you want, what any of us needs most—these comprise the field from which the surface tensions of Cashmere Comes From Goats ripple and churn, drag and deliver. In the finely observed world of this novel, the danger zones of everyday life are felt and explored. It’s buoyant story-telling that affirms what we humans are up to.
— Gerald Hill, Saskatchewan’s Poet Laureate, and author of Crooked at the Far End.
Robin Hopper is a rescuer, a razor-sharp woman of precision and control let loose in a chaotic world of unexpected consequences. With richly fanciful language that cuts to the bone, this novel eases into the mind and heart of an unlikely truth-teller, but fasten your seatbelt— it's a quirky, deep-diving, and utterly satisfying literary ride.
— Merilyn Simonds, finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction, and author of Woman, Watching.
The structured chaos of a kaleidoscope is a soothing beauty and S. Portico Bowman’s favorite word. She writes to puzzle and play. Infinite structures of language craft the images for characters who have unpredictable and transformative lives. Portico’s home has been in a collage of places for the past twenty years. She worked in Kansas as an art professor, art writer, and gallery director. Her love life is in California. Her father, family, writing community, and many friends are in Canada. She has completed her work in Kansas and now lives in San Diego full time with Tom and their cat Florence. Portico’s favorite art supply is glitter.
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