Divining Margaret Laurence; A Study of Her Complete Writings by Stovel, Nora Foster - 2008

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008 Original photo cover trade paperback. Bought new from university bookstore. A study of the life and work of one of Canada's favourite authors. She was born in Manitoba and returned to Canada after several years in Africa, where she began writing. She then separated from her husband and went to live in England for 10 years. After the divorce became final, she returned to Canada and settled in Lakefield, Ontario, after a brief stint as writer-in-residence at University of Toronto. Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, she ended her life in 1987. Some of her best-known works are A Jest of God, The Stone Angel, which was made into a movie, and The Diviners. 406 pp. with index.. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.