The Sea in the Metro

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On the mtro I ask the her if she can see the sea.
She points at me.
Not la mre, I laugh. La mer! The sea!
I cant see the sea, or myself as a mother, right now. All I see is sneakers and a skateboard and two shabby suitcases, one blue, one red. A soft, sweet head, curls tied up in pigtails, my face in them

Jayne is new mother in Paris trying to balance her creative ambition and lust for city life with the instinctual urges of motherhoodand failing.

As her relationship with her husband and the city strains, she searches for answers in a friendship with an older Frenchwoman, the streets, the crowds, in art and writing and new wave cinema but finds only more questions. Something has to give, but what

From the critically acclaimed author of Paris or Die and My Sweet Guillotine comes a powerfully written story of desire, art and the complexity of modern womanhood.


Praise for Paris or Die and My Sweet Guillotine:

Writing that is joltingly alive, beautiful and terrifying Helen Garner

My new favourite writer Lauren Elkin

The love child of Helen Garner and David Sedaris Linda Jaivin

Jayne Tuttles writing is a delicious delight Christos Tsiolkas

Emerging as one of our finest The Australian

All nerve endings and noticing Claire Thomas

A writer who has perfected her craft Ceridwen Dovey

'Terrific, crisp writing like a latter-day Bonjour Tristesse' The Age

Author Bio

Jayne Tuttle is the author of the critically acclaimed books Paris or Die and My Sweet Guillotine. She has written for The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, the Guardian and a host of international outlets.

Raised in Melbourne, Jayne moved to Paris in 2004 to take up a French Government Enseignement Suprieur scholarship to attend the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School. After graduating, she remained in France to work in theatre, and as a translator and bilingual copywriter. In 2021 Jayne and fellow Lecoq alumnus John Bolton developed Paris or Die into a solo stage play, touring Melbourne, regional Victoria and France. In 2023, Jayne was sponsored by the Ville de Paris to adapt and perform the play for an international audience.

Jayne has received fellowships from the La Napoule Art Foundation and Bundanon Trust, and is a long-term artist-in-residence at the Centre les Rcollets in Paris. In 2021, she was awarded the Varuna Eric Dark Flagship Fellowship.

Jayne co-owns The Bookshop at Queenscliff.