BREWER, Maine — The Franco-American Women’s Institute, FAWI, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the publication of an anthology: “Heliotrope — French Heritage Women Create.”
The volume contains written works and visual arts to mark the present, active, creative lives of women of French heritage and culture, and presents a snapshot of the women’s present lives. The book offers to the present and future generations a vivid compilation of voices and visuals to express modern-day, French-heritage women and their creative works.
Annie Proulx is featured, as well as 130 other women of French heritage, including many with St. John Valley ties. For information on how to obtain the anthology, contact Rhea Cote Robbins, editor, director of the Franco-American Women’s Institute, at RJCR@aol.com or (207) 557-9833, or visit the website www.womencrossingborders.com/HeliotropeFrenchHeritageWomenCreate.html.
The anthology also features writings by Rhea Côté Robbins, Kristin Langellier Ph.D., Sylvie Charron Ph.D., Carolyna Saint Germain, Christine Cunningham, Lucille (Lucie) Therrien, Ann G. Forcier, Ann Marie Staples, Barbara Ouellette Ouellette, Cecile Poulin, Lisa Cote Day, Donna Hébert, Cori Modisette, Elizabeth Fuller, Kim Chase and Claire Bouffard Chase, Melissa MacCrae, Sally Bellerose, Annette Sampon-Nicolas Ph.D., Susan T. Landry, Susann Pelletier, Angela Hebert, Paula J. Currie-Raymond, Elaine Larcade-Bourque, Ellen LaFleche, Emily Cote, Jacquie Giasson Fuller, Jeri Theriault, Sadie Kendall, Lynn Plourde and Dawn Gagnon.
Also, Jan Hitchcock Ph.D., Géraldine Chassé, Janet L. Shideler Ph.D, Marian desCognets, Judy Dow, Jeanne Douillard, Rina Boucher Soucy, Celeste Roberge, Rina Boucher Soucy, Betheny Chambers Anderson and Trudy Chambers Price, Laurie Meunier Graves, Susan Poulin writing as Ida LeClair, Margaret S. Langford, Judith Rose Lacadie Hill, Georgette B. Bérubé and Lucia Cormier, Sandra J. Sarkela Ph.D., Doris Belisle-Bonneau, Viola Quirion, Rachel Desgrosseilliers, Rita Saucier Dubé, Marie-Anne Gauvin, Mona Lavertu, Cecile Dufour Pozzuto, Cindy Larock, Lisa Marraché and Aliette Deland Couturier and Claire Lafrance Auger.
Also, Theresa Marin Ouellette, Annette Lebel Daigle, Judy Ayotte Paradis, Julie D. Albert, Alice LaChance, Constance D. Côté, Cecile Vigue, Agnes (Daigle) Beaulieu, Juliana LíHeureux, Linda Côté Dubé, Alberte Gastonguay, Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Louise Tanguay-Ricker, Ida Bourgoin Roy, Brenda Mounier, Cathy Plourde, Mary Ellms, Betty-Ann Khoury-Burns, Susan Poulin, Doris Provencher Faucher, Denise R. Larson, Pamela Morneault Gemme, Abby Paige, Amy Bouchard Morin, Josée Vachon, Gloria Goguen Sears, Adèle Saint-Pierre, Gloria B. Limoges, Anne Parent Roy, Caroline LeBlanc, Bouchard Family Farms, Tante Blanche, Brenda N. Jepson, Susan Rose April, Patricia Smith Ranzoni, Marie Louise St. Onge, Cléo Paradis Ouellette and Felicity Deschenes.
Also, Lorraine Saint Pierre, Abigail Disney, Renee Violette*, Claudine Lacroix et Bertrand Desjardins, Amy Calder, Judy Soucier, Cynthia Doucette, Elise Pooler Lambert, Renee Ordway, Florence Rose Martin, Mary Rice-Defosse, Ph.D., Patricia Hager, M.F.A., Michèle Choinière, Maureen Perry, Gertrude M. Côté, Marcella Bélanger Violette, Clara Picher, Susan Gagnon, Alma R. and Theresa, Martha Pellerin Drury, Linda Griffith, Irene Bedard, Sister Lucy Poulin, Mazie Hough, Ph.D., Kimberly A. Huisman, Ph.D., Kristin M. Langellier, Carol Nordstrom Toner, Ph.D., Abigail Curtis, Lanette Landry Petrie, Bridget Robbins, Sherry Pineau Brown, Nicole Ouellette, Anne Marie Prudhomme, Sherri Levesque Grant, Rachel Breckinridge and Nanci Breau.
