Bride of New France (Record no. 10613)
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| fixed length control field | 01707nam a2200181 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2012464517 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780143173380 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 665192649 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR9199.4.D488 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 813.6 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Suzanne Desrochers |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Bride of New France |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Books |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 294 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In 1669, Laure Beausejour, an orphan imprisoned with prostitutes, the insane and other forgotten women in Paris' infamous Salpetriere, is sent across the Atlantic to New France as a Fille du roi. Laure once dreamed with her best friend Madeleine of using her needlework stills to become a seamstress on the Rue Saint-Honor ǎnd to one day marry a gentleman. The King, however, needs French women in his new colony and he finds a fresh supply in the city's largest orphanage. Laure and Madeleine know little of the place called New France, except for stories of ferocious winters and men who eat the hearts of French priests. To be banished to Canada is a punishment worse than death.<br/><br/>Bride of New France explores the challenges of coming into womanhood in a brutal time and place. From the moment she arrives in Ville-Marie (Montreal), Laure is expected to marry and produce children with a French soldier who can himself barely survive the harsh conditions of his forest cabin. But Laure finds, through her clandestine relationship with Deskaheh, an allied Iroquois, a sense of the possibilities in this New World. <br/>What happens to a woman who attempts to make her own life choices in such authoritative times?<br/> <br/>Bride of New France is a beautiful debut novel that explores a fascinating chapter in Canadian history. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Historical Fiction |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | TP DESR | 61163 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |