The forbidden dreams of Betsy Elliott / Carolyn R. Parsons.
The forbidden dreams of Betsy Elliott / Carolyn R. Parsons.
By
:
Parsons, Carolyn R.
Publication Date
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2019
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Flanker Press Limited,
Physical Description
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233 p.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
Betsy Elliot is a match for the cold northeast winds that rattle windows and carry Newfoundland sailors away to their deaths. Forced into service after her father's death, married at eighteen to a much older man, she's become as hard as the rocks that line the shores of her island home. Talented, billiant and hard-working, she will do anything to make things go her way in the life she's been forced to live. One November day in 1933, Edmund Taylor stumbles into their lives when he is invited by John Elliott to board with them to write a book on the Commission of Government and finish his final papers for his graduation from Harvard Law School. During the harshest winter in decades, disaster and despair rock the Elliott home and their entire community, and events lead Edmund, overcome with guilt, to want to flee. In love with the formidable Betsy, he invites her to run away with him to Boston. Should Betsy stay in a place where children die of curable diseases and life has a deadening sameness, or go to Boston, the city of her dreams, where adventure and opportunity await? Betsy must choose between duty and the dreams she thought were impossible. But time is running out. Edmund will leave as soon as navigation opens up. Will Betsy be on the boat with him or will she stay, chained forever to the life she thought she was destined to live?
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781771177252
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