Canadian historical fiction

External Since: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 1

There is a book out about a young French women who came to Quebec and
was supposed to wed someone already there. She apparently took up
with a younger lover and had a child. Her betrothed was a bit
irritated and stranded her, her child, and her lover on the Magdelene
Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. She had adventures with bitter
weather and polar bears and eventually her lover and her child died.
She was eventually rescued and then had problems because people had
already claimed her estate. Does anyone know the name of the book and/
or the author? Thanks.

DH

External Since: Mar 10, 2008 Posts: 33

dharshma RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:
> There is a book out about a young French women who came to Quebec and
> was supposed to wed someone already there. She apparently took up
> with a younger lover and had a child. Her betrothed was a bit
> irritated and stranded her, her child, and her lover on the Magdelene
> Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. She had adventures with bitter
> weather and polar bears and eventually her lover and her child died.
> She was eventually rescued and then had problems because people had
> already claimed her estate. Does anyone know the name of the book and/
> or the author? Thanks.
>
> DH

Sorry I cannot help you with the book. But, polar bears in
the Gulf of St. Lawrence? No. The author seems never to
have been to Canada.

Francis A. Miniter