It is in print! Now is the time to order. The price: $16.99. Order from Cerridwen Press or Amazon.com or ask your local book store to order it for you. I'm not sure what the selling price is in Canada.
I played a little fast and loose with a date in my book regarding a Bride Ship sailing to Canada. The actual date the first one left England was 1856 and Riena, my heroine's gypsy friend, boarded a bride ship in 1854. I hope historians will forgive me.
A fine book called Voyages of Hope, written by Peter Johnson, published by Touch Woods Editions, tells the saga of the bride ships. Women were encouraged to emigrate to Victoria on Vancouver Island to marry and civilize the men! Some women were mere girls of eighteen or nineteen who knew nothing of the world they were about to enter.
The ships sailed around "the Horn." A dreadful journey, many months long. Imagine how the women felt when they landed in Victoria and great tubs of soapy water were out on the dock for them to launder their clothing in front of a mob of men.
It's a tale of hope and despair and worth reading.
Thanks for dropping by.
Anita
www.anitabirt.com
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