Biography & Autobiography Women
A War Bride's Story
Risking It All for Love After World War II
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2011
- Category
- Women, Post-Confederation (1867-)
- Recommended Reading age
- 11 to 18
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552778067
- Publish Date
- Dec 2011
- List Price
- $12.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551539591
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
Gwendoline Cramer was one of the 48,000 war brides transported to Canada by the Canadian government between 1942 and 1947. Many of them were escorted across the water and handed over to their husbands with nothing more than a handsake and a cookbook. Following her heart to rural Saskatchewan, Gwen felt like a fish out of water. She couldn't milk a cow or cook with a wood stove. And then she had the in-laws to contend with...
About the author
CYNTHIA J. FARYON is an internationally published author and freelance writer. She focuses her writing on Canadian content, covering topics such as travel, biography, and history. She is the author of several Amazing Stories series including books on the Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy. She lives in Nova Scotia.