Zoé le chat cosmique extraterrestre. Les mines antipersonnel.
( Zoe the star cat. The land mines. A humanitarian fantasy novel for adolescents and adults, 622 pages, will be translated, eventually, from french to english.) © All rights reserved.
Claudette Read
Claudette Read, Berthiaume at birth, was born in Grand-Mère, Mauricie (Quebec) Canada. She received her secondary education in Paterson, New Jersey (United States) as well as in Ottawa. In 1963, she obtained her nursing diploma from St-Luc Hospital in Montréal, was member of the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ), later she obtained a bachelor degree in professional teaching.
A woman of many concerns, Claudette Read has been a nurse in hospitals, director of nursing for children with physical and mental disabilities, also a nursing teacher. She undertook a real estate business and was founder and executive director of a private school that trains nursing assistants students. She is now a committed author.
She also is a member of the following organizations: L'assemblée de la Compagnie des philosophes, Longueuil (Quebec.) La Société d'astronomie du Planétarium de Montréal. L'Association des auteurs de la Montérégie (Québec.) And l'Association des retraitées et retraités de l'enseignement Québec (AREQ.)
Her humanitarian approach along the path of her life led her, in 1991, to ponder, then take on a project. Having reached a decision, she would stand by it.
Writing a fantasy novel whose goal was to:
- Address important current issues: land mines and the vulnerability of planet earth.
- Present an adventure inspired with the legend of Greek myth, Ariadne's Clew, and convey the reader from KO an imaginary country similar to Egypt to a star studded universe.
- Add a touch of magic while passing on human values of respect, mutual aid, courage and peace.
Her dream came true. After several years, by dint of sustained work Claudette Read published a literary work.
At the same time, writing a fantasy novel for adolescents and adults allowed the author to reach an ultimate goal: become a committed author involved in humanitarian approach.
A mainstream story that invites the reader to escape and to ponder.
French version is available at your bookstore, the distributor is Distribution-Univers. (A promotional discount is offered to reserve english version previous publication.)