Gabrielle, orphan daughter of the town drunkard, is forced into a loveless union by a cruel law that requires her to marry by her sixteenth birthday. French-born Claudine has followed her older sister across the Atlantic hoping to attract a wealthy husband through her beauty and connections. Yet whether in the fledgling city of Quebec or within one of the native tribes, every woman’s fate depends on the man she chooses-or is obligated-to marry.Īlthough Claudine Deschamps and Gabrielle Giroux both live within the settlement, their prospects are very different. In 1677, an invisible wall separates settlers in New France from their Huron neighbors.
Runyan’s vividly rendered novel provides a fascinating portrait of the women who would become the founding mothers of New France. Set amid the promise and challenge of the first Canadian colonies, Aimie K.
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