Citymouse

Plot

A series of interlocking memories about people and places in a Halifax neighbourhood.

Hannon has always lived here, and within that is a history of buildings in her life that have disappeared. As people and neighbourhoods change, the memories of how things were is increasingly challenging to conjure (but no less loved). Citymouse examines the ways that we begin to mourn places and experiences before we’ve lost them.

Combining memoir elements, illustrated architectural spaces, portraits of loved ones and text, a story emerges that feels at once like a family album, time capsule, secret diary and a poem, reflecting the ebb and flow of her experiences straining to stay present while running in circles that bring constant reminders of the past. In other words, what it feels like to bloom where you were planted.