Claudia Casper. Booklist: The Reconstruction. June 9, Her salvation is a commission from a museum to create a reconstruction of a female Australopithecus afarensis (the same species as Lucy) as it was caught in time three and a half million years ago. The serendipitous reappearance of a former lover and the delivery of a box from her /10(). The Reconstruction — Claudia Casper. Book Lists; Claudia Casper; The Reconstruction; Published: Jan (Hardcover) Feb (Paperback) Formats: Print / eBook. Rating: Pages: Purchase: Share: Description; While meticulously creating a life-sized model of "Lucy," humankind's ancestral link to the primate world, Margaret, a sculptor. Vancouver writer Casper's bleak but compelling debut depicts a sculptor's breakdown and recovery while she is constructing a model of a human ancestor. It's a bad time for Margaret. Her husband has just left her. She scorns her current project (building a giant hummingbird for an aviary gift shop) but desperately needs the money. She takes to her bed, unplugs her phone, and muffs the.
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Reconstruction by Claudia Casper (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Made by a hominid pair, the prehistoric footprints show how the smaller creature--Lucy--hesitated in her unknown journey million years ago. As Margaret reassembles her ancestor and situates her plausibly in that mysterious moment, she rediscovers her own animal body, its senses, needs, and beauty--and she begins to reassemble her life. The Reconstruction — Claudia Casper. Book Lists; Claudia Casper; The Reconstruction; Published: Jan (Hardcover) Feb (Paperback) Formats: Print / eBook. Rating: Pages: Purchase: Share: Description; While meticulously creating a life-sized model of "Lucy," humankind's ancestral link to the primate world, Margaret, a sculptor.
Her slow reconstruction of the model brings unexpected questions and truths to light. Casper avoids easy answers and writes bravely about our need to place ourselves in history in order to make. Claudia Casper. Booklist: The Reconstruction. Her salvation is a commission from a museum to create a reconstruction of a female Australopithecus afarensis. The Reconstruction. by. Claudia Casper (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 76 ratings · 10 reviews. Margaret, a sculptor, has been hired by a museum to build a life-sized model of Lucy, mankind's ancestral link to the primate world. Such an opportunity couldn't have come at a more fortuitous time.
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