Thanks to Allie Bodack of W. W. Norton & Company, I am giving away one copy of Bride of New France.
Book Description:
Transporting readers from cosmopolitan seventeenth-century Paris to the Canadian frontier, Desrochers tells of the struggle to survive in a brutal time and place. Laure Beausejour has been taken from her destitute family and raised in an infamous orphanage to be trained as a lace maker. Striking and willful, she dreams of becoming a seamstress and catching the eye of a nobleman. But after complaining about her living conditions, she is sent to Canada as a fille du roi, expected to marry a French farmer there. When her ill-matched husband leaves her alone in their derelict hut for the winter, she must rely on her wits and her clandestine relationship with an Iroquois man for survival.
Booklist raves that the BRIDE OF NEW FRANCE “sheds new light on an all but forgotten chapter in the history of Canada” and Library Journal writes that “historical fiction fans will appreciate the rich period details.”
About Suzanne Desrochers:
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| Photo Credit to Rod Dioso |
Suzanne Desrochers, of French Canadian descent, has conducted extensive research on the filles du roi and is writing a PhD thesis at King’s College London on the migration of women to America. She lives in Toronto.
This giveaway is open to Canada and the U.S. and ends on August 27, 2013. Please use Rafflecopter to enter.
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