Broad is the way: stories from Mayerthorpe
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1. Verfasser: Norquay, Margaret (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Waterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Press ©2008
Schriftenreihe:Life writing series
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
In 1949, Margaret Norquay moved with her new husband, a minister with the United Church of Canada, to Mayerthorpe, in northern Alberta, a village in the centre of what was in those days a pioneer hinterland. Broad Is the Way is a collection of stories from their seven years there. Told with affection and gentle humour, the stories cover the challenges, heartaches, and delights of a young community and a minister and his wife in a very new marriage. Topics include the experience of orphan children sent to work on Western farms, manoeuvring for a restroom downtown for farmers' wives in need of
Foreword; Preface; 1 As the Twig Is Bent; 2 Holy Matrimony; 3 We Arrive in Mayerthorpe; 4 Not by Bread Alone; 5 Money Back Guaranteed; 6 No Hornets Here; 7 Mr. Kringsberg's Christmas Dinner; 8 In a Pinch, Use Tarpaper; 9 Sweet Singing in the Choir; 10 Nobody Asked Me to Buy a Ticket; 11 No 911 in the 1950s; 12 Don't Tell Your Husband Everything; 13 Best to Hang On to a Big Jack; 14 Glad We Didn't Have Noah's Animals; 15 Never Mess with the WCTU; 16 You Need to Dress Up for a Wedding; 17 Purged of Pity and Fear; 18 Too Bad They Don't Brew Beer; 19 Scrub Trees May Have Deep Roots
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 102 pages)
ISBN:143565630X
155458020X
9781435656307
9781554580200

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