Orphans & Foster Homes

Bitter, Sweet

By: Laura Best (CA)

Pru Burbidge lives a simple life on the family homestead on Dalhousie Road in 1940s rural Nova Scotia- until her father abandons the family and her mother falls ill. Her life is turned upside-down by these events, and… Read More

Jacob’s Landing

By: Daphne Greer (CA)

Coping with the recent death of his father, twelve-year-old Jacob Mosher is sent to spend the summer with his aging, estranged (and strange!) grandparents in rural Newport Landing, Nova Scotia. Reluctantly, he… Read More

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