Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2000. -----Large soft cover, clean tight and square, flat uncreased spine, 171 pages. "Set in the prairies of the 1930s, and rich with the author's own memories of her time there as a young woman. Children of My Heart is the powerful story of an impressionable & passionate teenaged teacher & the children whose lives she touches." The scan you see is the book you get. 3rd Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Gabrielle Roy was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, in 1909. Her parents were part of the large Quebec emigration to western Canada in the late nineteenth century. The youngest of eight children, she studied in a convent school for twelve years, then taught school herself, first in isolated Manitoba villages and later in St. Boniface. In 1937 Roy travelled to Europe to study drama, and during two years spent in London and Paris she began her writing career. The approaching war forced her to return to Canada, and she settled in Montreal. Roy’s first novel, The Tin Flute , ushered in a new era of realism in Quebec fiction with its compassionate depiction of a working-class family in Montreal’s Saint-Henri district. Her later fiction often turned for its inspiration to the Manitoba of her childhood and her teaching career. In 1947 Roy married Dr. Marcel Carbotte, and after a few years in France, they settled in Quebec City, which was to remain their home. Roy complemented her fiction with essays, reflective recollections, and three children’s books. Her many honours include three Governor General’s Awards, France’s Prix Fémina, and Quebec’s Prix David. Gabrielle Roy died in Quebec City, Quebec, in 1983. From the Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: Nessa Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008726
Title: Children of My Heart
Author: Roy, Gabrielle
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: 3rd Printing
ISBN 10: 0771075987
ISBN 13: 9780771075988
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication: Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: Roy, Gabrielle Children of My Heart -----Large soft cover, clean tight and square, flat uncreased spine, 171 pages. "Set in the prairies of the 1930s, and rich with the author's own memories of her time there as a young woman. Children of My He
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