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Biography & Autobiography Women

We Keep A Light

by (author) Evelyn Richardson

Publisher
Nimbus Publishing
Initial publish date
May 2005
Category
Women
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781551098395
    Publish Date
    May 2005
    List Price
    $10.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551095295
    Publish Date
    May 2005
    List Price
    $15.95

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In We Keep A Light, Evelyn M. Richardson describes how she and her husband brought tiny Bon Portage Island and built a happy life there for themselves and their three children. On an isolated lighthouse station off the southern tip of Nova Scotia, the Richardsons shared the responsibilities and pleasures of island living, from carrying water and collecting firewood to making preserves and studying at home. The close-knit family didn’t mind their isolation, and found delight in the variety and beauty of island life.

We Keep A Light is much more than a memoir. It is an exquisitely written, engrossing record of family life set against a glowing lighthouse, the enduring shores of Nova Scotia, and the ever-changing sea.

About the author

EVELYN RICHARDSON was born on a small island off the tip of Nova Scotia and studied at Dalhousie University. In 1930 she joined her husband in caring for the Bon Portage Island light. Her account of these years was her acclaimed book We Keep A Light.Canadian Author

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