Bøger af Anne Cimon

Susanna Moodie was already a published author when she emigrated from England to Upper Canada with her husband and baby in 1832. The Moodies were seeking financial security and a better life in the colony, but they found themselves struggling to make a living on a bush farm. Despite her primitive life in the backwoods and the demands of caring for her children, Susanna continued to write and publish. In 1852 her best-known book, Roughing It in the Bush, was published in England. A Canadian edition appeared in 1871. Roughing It in the Bush has endured both as a valuable social document of the Canadian pioneer experience and as a work of literature.

Caroline Sauvé, a Montréal journalist,is in a room in the Mountainside Hospital for a life saving operation. Haunted by the memories of the recent death of her husband Thomas, she wonders if she even wants to live. Dr. Ken Pine, a heart surgeon, cares for her and she is able to recover. Mourning has made Caroline vulnerable to the doctor's attentions and Paulina, her sister, and Joanie, a friend, try to persuade her not to become involved. Fragile, willful Caroline has other ideas. She makes a brave decision to move to the mountain, near the hospital and the cemetery where Thomas is buried. Poised between the past and the future, Caroline learns more about love and what makes her strong. Written in a graceful, lucid prose, with evocative imagery, A Room on the Mountain is a touching story about the transformative power of grief.