Grateful to the Montreal Review of Books for the review of my novel, Colours in Her Hands. Thank you to James Ivison for his generous appreciation of Mina who has #downsyndrome.
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Alice Zorn
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Writer (novels and short stories). Books: Colours in Her Hands (2024), Five Roses (2016), Arrhythmia (2011), Ruins & Relics (2009). I love reading, walking, being by the sea, Montreal where I live, textile art, film, cooking sometimes.
![Photos of Sharon Berg on the left and Alice Zorn on the right. The cover of Alice's book is in the middle. Underneath is a quote from the interview Sharon did with Alice about her book. "[T]here is no novel in English about a middle-aged person who has Down Syndrome. There are novels about parenting a child with Down Syndrome, but they're about the parents. Occasionally I've come across a cameo appearance of a character with Down Syndrome, but it's brief. I wanted Mina's presence in the novel to be front stage centre, even if the novel wasn't going to be all about her. I also wanted to write about an older adult where the question of continued autonomy arises."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:upmrm54spxjq2gtopnnxdx4l/bafkreialwbt7ukbe2jbmqb43vchb2mquzrahx44f3pg4h6jyxtezleqawu)