In due season /
Van der Mark, Christine,
In due season / Christine van der Mark ; afterword by Carole Gerson and Janice Dowson. - 1 online resource (ix, 354 pages). - Early Canadian literature . - Early Canadian literature series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-354).
First published in 1947, "In Due Season" broke new ground in its fictional representation of women and of Indigenous people. Set during the dustbowl 1930s, this novel follows Lina Ashley, a determined solo female homesteader who takes her family from drought-ridden southern Alberta to a new life in the Peace River region. Here her daughter Poppy grows up in a community characterized by harmonious interactions between the local Métis and newly arrived European settlers. Still, there is tension between mother and daughter when Poppy becomes involved with a Métis lover.
177112072X 9781771120722 9781771120739 1771120738
968255 MIL 9A971884-5068-4B98-80C8-C472D858A2C6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
(AMICUS)000044473029 20169023168
FICTION / Historical
Alberta--Fiction.
Alberta.
Electronic books.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR9199.3.V3563 / I6 2016eb
813/.54
In due season / Christine van der Mark ; afterword by Carole Gerson and Janice Dowson. - 1 online resource (ix, 354 pages). - Early Canadian literature . - Early Canadian literature series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-354).
First published in 1947, "In Due Season" broke new ground in its fictional representation of women and of Indigenous people. Set during the dustbowl 1930s, this novel follows Lina Ashley, a determined solo female homesteader who takes her family from drought-ridden southern Alberta to a new life in the Peace River region. Here her daughter Poppy grows up in a community characterized by harmonious interactions between the local Métis and newly arrived European settlers. Still, there is tension between mother and daughter when Poppy becomes involved with a Métis lover.
177112072X 9781771120722 9781771120739 1771120738
968255 MIL 9A971884-5068-4B98-80C8-C472D858A2C6 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
(AMICUS)000044473029 20169023168
FICTION / Historical
Alberta--Fiction.
Alberta.
Electronic books.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PR9199.3.V3563 / I6 2016eb
813/.54