A superb portrait in the form of a beast fable about the complex and tender relationship between a little girl and her struggling mother. The young narrator’s innocence and sensitivity are superbly rendered by the of imagination she bestowsthroughout the pages.

As we age, we transform; happy events and trials shape us and determine how we cope with that thing called life. But what if one is going through something so difficult that they one day wake up transformed...into a horse?

One morning, as she hurries to get to school on time, Sophie notices something really strange: her mama is still in bed, and her head is now horse-shaped. At six years old, Sophie finds herself face to face with the torments of the adult world, and the strange metamorphoses they seem to entail.

Mama Mare is a bestiary-like fable where the language and resilience of youth triumph over the trials of life. Perhaps as we grow older, we’ll one day wake up sporting an animal’s head too?