Cover of The belonging place

Book 1997

The belonging place

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Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Published
1997
  • Fiction
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Orphans
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Adoption
  • Children's fiction
  • Canada, fiction
  • Voyages and travels, fiction

In 1848, sixteen-year-old Elspet looks back on her life and describes how she came to be orphaned in Scotland, went to live with relatives, and emigrated with them to a rough but rewarding existence in Canada.