Loggers' Daughters - Softcover

Brownlee, Maureen

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ISBN 10: 0889822948 ISBN 13: 9780889822948

Publisher: Oolichan Books, 2013

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It is 1983. On the streets of Vancouver women's libbers are marching. In the forests of the northern interior a tapped out logging contractor is slowly going broke. Down the road, on a small stump ranch, Adare and Dave Wilkins face the fact that they have given the best years of their lives to a farm that can never support them. In a tumultuous time, when ancient values are being put to the test and found wanting, a scattered family is forced into an uneasy proximity by the need to make end-of-life decisions for their dying mother. Exploring the forces that shape individuals, families and communities Loggers' Daughters weaves the story of one logging family onto the tapestry of the industry that built British Columbia.

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About the Author

Maureen Brownlee was born and raised on the western slope of the northern Rockies. She has lived and worked in various BC communities, always returning to her mountain home. Though largely self-taught, her writing has greatly benefited from the tutelage of the talented writers who sustain western Canada's creative writing workshops. Loggers' Daughters is her first novel.

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"An epic novel set in the forests of the Rocky Mountain trench - a part of BC that has long been waiting for its definitive reflection in fiction. Loggers' Daughters accomplishes this with a story so gripping, and a writing style so evocative, it will surely become a Canadian classic." ~ Andreas Schroeder, Renovating Heaven

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