A darkly comic suspense in the vein of All’s Well and Yellowface She’s 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 Vancouver’s
smallest regional theaters. No she is bound for greatness and that’s why the part of Maria in
the theater’s upcoming production of The Sound of Music is hers. Or it’s going to be.
Jessamyn may have been relegated to the position of childminder for the little brats playing
the von Trapp children but it’s so obvious she’s there for a different reason — the 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 isn’t 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 She’s a Lamb! is a
cutting satire about the grotesque pall patriarchy casts over one woman’s delusional quest to
achieve her dreams and the depths she will sink to for a chance at the life she’s convinced she
deserves.
