Biography & Autobiography Women
We Keep A Light
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing
- Initial publish date
- May 2005
- Category
- Women
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781551098395
- Publish Date
- May 2005
- List Price
- $10.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551095295
- Publish Date
- May 2005
- List Price
- $15.95
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Description
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