Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie e-bog
104,11 DKK
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Engrossing historical fiction for readers of Bride of New France and The Birth House about one of Canadas most inimitable pioneers and her struggles to survive in the wilderness, brought beautifully to life in this accomplished debutTeetering on the edge of genteel poverty, Englishwoman Susanna Moodie agrees to leave behind her growing career as a writer to follow her husband from her beloved S...
E-bog
104,11 DKK
Forlag
HarperAvenue
Udgivet
25 april 2017
Længde
400 sider
Genrer
Fiction: general and literary
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781443450218
Engrossing historical fiction for readers of Bride of New France and The Birth House about one of Canadas most inimitable pioneers and her struggles to survive in the wilderness, brought beautifully to life in this accomplished debutTeetering on the edge of genteel poverty, Englishwoman Susanna Moodie agrees to leave behind her growing career as a writer to follow her husband from her beloved Suffolk to the backwoods of Canada. John Moodie is an ebullient man with a weakness for money-making schemes, and he is convinced that riches await them in the New World. It is the 1830s, and despite their dreams, Susanna is woefully unprepared for life in the wilderness. Susanna Moodies true story of hardship and survival in a log cabin deep in the bush is part of our national mythology. Now, respected writer and editor Cecily Ross gives us an unprecedented fictional portrait of Susannathe sister, the wife, the mother, the writera woman confronting both the wilds of Canada and the wilderness of her own heart. Told through imagined lost diaries, the novel explores Susannas complex inner life from childhood through to the worst challenges of pioneering in a harsh and unforgiving landscape with her devoted but hapless and often absent spouse. Part love story, part coming-of-age narrative, this captivating novel brings to vivid life Moodies courage, wit and strength, as well as her moments of despair. The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie shows how one woman, against all odds and adversity, prevails and makes this savage and beautiful land her own.