Butterflies Dance in the Dark
Set in a remote Acadian village on Cape Breton Island in the 1950s, the story is narrated by Mari-Jen Delene and follows her from age 5 to adulthood. Mari-Jen and her twin brothers are their mother Adele's mortal sins: all are illegitimate and from two different fathers. Mother Superior tells Mari-Jen that illegitimate children can never enter hea …
Moonlight Skater
A mischievous blend of Scottish and Acadian, these stories blossom, or explode softly, in your life.
Where White Horses Gallop
Beinn Barra, in the northern highlands of Cape Breton, is as rugged as it is beautiful, as daring as it is pristine, as susceptible to war as it is to peace. It is 1939, England has declared war on Germany, Canada will march beside her. And the lives of five young friends will be changed forever.
Three of them enlist with the Cape Breton Highlan …
