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Title Statement | Bride of New France / Suzanne Desrochers. |
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Author | Desrochers, Suzanne, 1976- |
Publication | Toronto: Penguin Group (Canada), 2012, c2011. |
Extent of Item | xiv, 301 p. |
ISBN | 0143173391 (pbk.) 9780143173397 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 2252915 |
General Notes | "Penguin Canada." "Readers guide inside"--Cover. |
Summary | Laure Beauséjour dreams of using her needlework skills to become a seamstress and marry a nobleman despite the numerous hardships she faced growing up in a dormitory in Paris surrounded by prostitutes and other forgotten women. However, her dreams are cruelly dashed when she is sent to New France in 1669 as a fille du roi, and she struggles to survive in a brutal time and place. |
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By Topic | Filles du roi--Fiction |
By Location | Canada--Fiction--History--To 1763 (New France) |
By Genre | Historical fiction |