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Isabel: The Quest for Freedom - Paperback

by Carolyn J. Nicholson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carolyn J. NicholsonTheme:Chronological Period/1851-1899, Cultural Region/Canadian, Topical/Civil WarPublish date:9/11/2026Pages:456
Languages:EnglishPublisher:OC PublishingISBN-13:9781989833650ISBN-10:1989833659UPC:9781989833650Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:HistoricalBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:0.404Product ID:SCYQEZ9P0H

Isabel Morton's prominent Nova Scotia family wants the best for their twenty-four-year-old daughter-a suitable marriage-but Isabel will have none of it. She wants to be free, even if it means she must live as an "old maid" in a garret. Then she meets William Wishart, who offers her the freedom to follow her own stars if she marries him.

But how does a woman follow her own stars in a culture where women are the property of their fathers, or if married, their husbands, and are to be meek, pious, and subservient? With no access to representative government, no right to vote, how can women be free? Isabel tries to find a way through many twists and turns of fate until, at last, she realizes that freedom for herself is not enough; she chooses to work for women's suffrage in order to gain freedom for all women and their daughters and granddaughters.

Spanning the years 1837 to 1873 and based on the author's own family, this work of historical fiction follows Isabel from bucolic Upper Dyke Village to gritty Halifax, from placid Shelburne to turbulent Saint John, NB, and back to her native Kings County, Nova Scotia, in her quest for freedom.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:OC PublishingISBN-13:9781989833650ISBN-10:1989833659UPC:9781989833650Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:HistoricalBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:0.404Product ID:SCYQEZ9P0H
Nicholson, Carolyn J.: - Carolyn was born in Nova Scotia and is descended from many of the New England Planter families who first came to the province in 1760. In 1799, her great-great-great-grandfather, the Reverend William Forsyth of Scotland, became the minister of the Congregational Church at Chipmans Corner in Cornwallis Township. She was unaware of this part of her family history until after she retired and began to follow in her mother's footsteps and continue her family research. Carolyn has previously written two works of historical fiction, William Forsyth: Land of Hopes and Dreams, and Traitors, Cannibals, Highlanders, and Vikings, as well as a middle-grade children's book, The Last Witch on Skye.Carolyn is an ordained minister in The United Church of Canada (retired) and has also worked in health information management and post-secondary education. She loves travelling to Scotland, especially to the Isle of Skye, her paternal family home for thousands of years. She is a member of the MacNeacail Clan and enjoys all things Highland Scottish, especially tartans and bagpipes.
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