I Claudia [Paperback]

Kristen Thomson (Author)

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Publication Date: April 1, 2003

Claudia is an official pre-teen. Her father is getting remarried, she has a science fair project coming due, and she is in the physical and emotional throes of puberty. Finding refuge in the basement of her school, Claudia discovers the pain at the centre of her brimming child's heart. Some important adults in Claudia's lifeâ€”her grandfather, her father's new girlfriend, and the school custodianâ€”shed light on her situation.

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"Kristen Thomson's portrait of a wonderfully winsome young woman trembling on the cusp of adolescence is one of the freshest things to hit the stage in many a season...
"Toronto Star )

About the Author

Kristen Thomson is an actress and playwright. Thomson was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is known for her one-woman play

Product Details

Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press (April 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0887546749
ISBN-13: 978-0887546747
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,265,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, October 22, 2004

Frocks For Everyone (Calais, ME, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Claudia (Paperback)

i, also, saw this just last night on CBC. it was absolutely brilliany, i tell you. you must see it. i do hope to see it, and read it, again. it is just one of those things that you get it the first time, but you keep on wanting to watch it. it makes you feel...i don't know. it depends on what you've lived in life and all.

but seriously, go see it. or read it. whatever. just DO it. nike..argh. nike sucks.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Irresistible!!!, October 22, 2004

Jan C. Brodeur "I. CraneWing" (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews
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I have not yet read this book but the film appeared on CBC last night when I had other plans for the evening but I found myself caught up in the exquisitely fresh and poignant writing that I could not turn away from it.

The four characters reveal themsleves with deceptively simple lines that are delivered with an authtiticity uncommon in most film characters.

Every main character wears a mask and speaks in a distinctive voice and I was fascinated by the contrast between their appearances (bizarre and theatrical) and the delicate nuance of their insight into the variety of human prediciment.

The ending came upon me a bit suddenly. It is I think it is full of symbolic depth but I also think that I will need to see it again to understand it fully.

See this film!

It is funny, and bittersweet, and at the very least you will be awed by the brilliance of the woman (Kristen Thomson) who wrote and performed all four charaters by herself.

Thank you Kristen for this gift!

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