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Bride of New France - Suzanne Desrochers
Bride of New France
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A Canadian bestseller, this richly imagined novel is about a young French woman sent to settle in the New World.Transporting readers from cosmopolitan seventeenth-century Paris to the Canadian frontier, this vibrant debut tells of the struggle to survive in a brutal time and place. Laure... show more
A Canadian bestseller, this richly imagined novel is about a young French woman sent to settle in the New World.Transporting readers from cosmopolitan seventeenth-century Paris to the Canadian frontier, this vibrant debut 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. Laure is shocked by the primitive state of the colony and the mingling of the settlers with the native tribes. 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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780393073379 (0393073378)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
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Muriellerites
Muriellerites rated it
4.0 Review: BRIDE OF NEW FRANCE by SUZANNE DESROCHERS
Bride of New France, Suzanne Durocher’s’ debut historical novel introduces us to the famous Filles du Roi, sent over to populate the French settlements along the St-Lawrence River of Canada in the late 1600’s. These women, either orphans, the destitute, criminals or prostitutes endured a perilous jo...
Unabridged Chick
Unabridged Chick rated it
I am so conflicted about this book! The setting (17th century Paris and 'New France'/Canada) and premise (government-made orphan shipped with dozens of other girls to frontier Canada for forced marriages to French settlers) are fascinating, but I just couldn't stand the novel's narrative style (thir...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it
0.0 Bride of New France
In Bride of New France, Suzanne Desrochers presents a fascinating picture of women, especially poor women, in the 1600s. Their lack of options and their poor treatment at the hands of almost everyone will raise a reader's ire. Unfortunately, Laure's story is meant to be particularly poignant but rin...
Effortlessly Reading
Effortlessly Reading rated it
2.0
Obtained: Through Goodreads First Reads I have to say, this just isn't the book for me. When I first read the summary, I was expecting a story of a woman who had a depressing hard life that fell in love with someone she's not supposed to because of society's standards. I normally like reading histor...
K.
K. rated it
I felt nothing for Laure, the protagonist. I though perhaps after the death of Mirelle, she would begin to develop as a character. Nope. She's a flat, selfish character with disconnected thoughts and then the book just ... ends.
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