A darkly comic suspense in the vein of Alls Well and Yellowface, Shes a Lamb! is an edgy and incisive novel that marches toward showtime with a growing unease about the dangers of magical thinking and the depths of delusion.

Jessamyn St. Germain is meant to be a star. Not an actor who occasionally books yogurt commercials and certainly not a lowly usher at one of Vancouvers smallest regional theaters. No, she is bound for greatness, and thats why the part of Maria in the theaters upcoming production of The Sound of Music is hers. Or its going to be.

Jessamyn may have been relegated to the position of childminder for the little brats playing the von Trapp children, but its so obvious shes there for a different reasonthe director wants her close to the role so when Samantha, the lead, inevitably fails, Jessamyn will be there to take her place in the spotlight.

This must be it. Because if it isnt, well, then every skipped meal, every brutal rehearsal, every inch won against a man attempting to drag her down will have all been for nothing.

Sharp, relentless, and darkly funny, Shes a Lamb! is a cutting satire about the grotesque pall patriarchy casts over one womans delusional quest to achieve her dreams and the depths she will sink to for a chance at the life shes convinced she deserves.