Celebrating the release of Fields of Gold Beneath Prairie Skies (Saskatchewan) Book 6 in the Canadian Historical Brides Collection by Suzanne deMontigny. Available in eBook and print at your favorite online and brick and mortar bookstore.
Set in Saskatchewan following the end of WWI, meet Napoleon and Lea, a courageous couple who struggle against enormous odds to build a life on the Canadian Prairies.
French-Canadian soldier, Napoleon, proposes to Lea during WWI, promising golden fields of wheat as far as the eye can see. After the armistice, he sends money for her passage, and she journeys far from her family and the conveniences of a modern country to join him on a homestead in Saskatchewan.
There, she works hard to build their dream of a prospering farm, clearing fields alongside her husband through several pregnancies and even after suffering a terrible loss.
When the stock market crashes in ’29, the prairies are stricken by a long and abysmal drought. Thrown into poverty, she struggles to survive in a world where work is scarce, death is abundant, and hope dwindles. Will she and her family survive the Great Depression?
I love this series! What an enjoyable way to learn about our good neighbors to the north!
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent story made even more so by the fact that is based on fact and real people. And it's very well written, as are all the "Brides" books I've had the pleasure to read.
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