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Coles Far Ocean at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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Winner of the 2025 Big Moose Prize , Far Ocean tells the story of 18th-century botanist and explorer Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Born into poverty in rural France, Jeanne struggles to get by, helping her mother in her work as a traditional herbalist and healer. Following a chance meeting with botanist Phillibert de Commerson, Jeanne becomes first Commerson’ s teacher then his mistress. She goes to live with him Paris, where he attempts to make his way in the exciting but insecure new world of Enlightenment science. When Commerson is offered the position of Chief Naturalist on an upcoming voyage of discovery bound for the Pacific, Jeanne presents herself as a boy and convinces Commerson to let her accompany him as his assistant, setting in motion a journey to the most distant places on earth and experiences that she could never have previously imagined. But when things begin to go badly for the expedition, Jeanne finds herself in danger. In order to protect herself and those she cares about, and to have the hope of one day finding her way home, she must reckon with where her loyalties ultimately lie.
Winner of the 2025 Big Moose Prize , Far Ocean tells the story of 18th-century botanist and explorer Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Born into poverty in rural France, Jeanne struggles to get by, helping her mother in her work as a traditional herbalist and healer. Following a chance meeting with botanist Phillibert de Commerson, Jeanne becomes first Commerson’ s teacher then his mistress. She goes to live with him Paris, where he attempts to make his way in the exciting but insecure new world of Enlightenment science. When Commerson is offered the position of Chief Naturalist on an upcoming voyage of discovery bound for the Pacific, Jeanne presents herself as a boy and convinces Commerson to let her accompany him as his assistant, setting in motion a journey to the most distant places on earth and experiences that she could never have previously imagined. But when things begin to go badly for the expedition, Jeanne finds herself in danger. In order to protect herself and those she cares about, and to have the hope of one day finding her way home, she must reckon with where her loyalties ultimately lie.
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