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Bride of New France

A Novel

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Bride of New France

By: Suzanne Desrochers
Narrated by: Emma Bering
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Laure Beausejour has grown up in a dormitory in Paris surrounded by prostitutes, the insane, and other forgotten women. Despite numerous hardships, she dreams of using her needlework skills to become a seamstress and one day marry a nobleman. But in 1669, Laure's dreams are cruelly dashed when she is sent across the Atlantic to New France as a fille du roi.

Powerful and haunting, Bride of New France is a remarkable tale of a French girl and her struggle to survive in a brutal time and place.

©2012 Suzanne Desrochers (P)2012 Random House Audio Fiction Historical Fiction

Critic reviews

“Bride of New France will not silence critics of the new social history, nor is it meant to. But if they do want to bring the past alive for a new generation, as they typically claim, they could never find a text more likely to engage the minds and imaginations of young people, especially girls, who have grown immune to the conventional narratives.” (John Barber, The Globe and Mail)

“A moody, beautiful piece of historical fiction.” (Dana Medoro, Winnipeg Free Press)

"A haunting story of a courageous young woman." (Kathleen Grissom, author of the best-selling The Kitchen House)
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My sister recommended this book to me, I was not going to listen to it as I read a negative review. So glad I didn't listen to the review.

Hard life in a new land

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The narrator was awesome! I went for long walks so I could listen more. Really great audiobook.

Loved it!

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I was captivated from beginning to end. I am an American of French Canadian ancestry. I loved the story, the characters and the truthful look at the courage of these young women coming to a strange world.

Hauntingly beautiful!

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Would recommend this book to anyone especially females who likes history and also a wonderful story.

Great book

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Bride of New France sounded so interesting. The story had such possibilities. But a really tedious telling of the story combined with a narration in a monotone almost completely devoid of feeling created a boring experience. I stuck with it thinking that improvement must surely come and because I was truly interested in the settlement of Canada. But alas, after hours of disappointment I realized that I really did not care how the book ended; I simply could not stand any more of this truly boring rendition.

Tedium!

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