Where Nests the Water Hen
by Roy, Gabrielle
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 collections, 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.
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Where Nests the Water Hen
by Gabrielle Roy
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Harcourt, Brace 1951. Book is in fair condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are strong. Moderate shelf and edge wear. No DJ.
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Where Nests the Water Hen
by Gabrielle Roy
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McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1970. Paperback. Good. 1970. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Where Nests the Water Hen.
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NY:: Harcourt, Brace and Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. A novel. Translated from the French by Harry L. Binsse. Stated first edition. Very good in a very good (moderate edge wear at the spine ends and corners, age toning to spine and rear panel) dust jacket.; 251 pages . Item Price
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WHERE NESTS THE WATER HEN
by Roy, Gabrielle
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. 251 pages. Translated by Harry L. Binsse. Pages very lighlty yellowed at edges, otherwise pages v/g condition, clean. Quarter bound with green cloth, dark blue title and line drawing. Beige boards. Head/tail of spine lighlty worn and faded. Cornes liglty worn/bumped. Nice pictorial dust jacket illustrated on upper cover. Lower cover yellowed. Head/tail… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970. Light creases to the spine. Slight loss of colour to the cover.. Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Where Nests the Water Hen (New Canadian Library)
by Roy, Gabrielle
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McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1996. Soft cover. New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Summary: The story of Where Nests The Water Hen is as pure as the lives of the people in it--and as unforgettable. Set in the remote wilderness of northern Manitoba, this sunny, tender idyll of daily frontier life captures, as few novels ever… Read more about this item Item Price
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Where Nests the Water Hen
by Gabrielle Roy
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- 1988
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Where Nests the Water Hen
by Roy, Jean-Claude Ed.; Roy, Gabrielle
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Where Nests the Water Hen
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Where Nests the Water Hen (New Canadian Library)
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Where Nests the Water Hen
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- 1961
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New Canadian Books. Good. 1961. Mass Market Paperback. 0771091257 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Wear to tips and edges, tanning to text block; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1951, 1st edition in English. (Cloth) 251pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Peel(3) 7293. Translated by Harry L. Binsse.. Item Price
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Where Nests the Water Hen
by Roy, Gabrielle
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McClelland & Stewart, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Where Nests the Water Hen
by Roy, Jean-Claude Ed.; Roy, Gabrielle
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- 1988
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Where Nests the Water Hen
by Gabrielle Roy
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- October 1989
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Where Nests the Water Hen
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