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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141036303321

Autore

Trépanier Claire <1949->

Titolo

A woman of valour : the biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle / / by Claire Trépanier ; translated from the French by Louise Mantha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2010

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-282-85204-3

9786612852046

1-897425-85-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters

Disciplina

971.38404092

Soggetti

Ottawa (Ont.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: C'est le temps d'en parler.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A Woman of Valour is the biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle, a French-Canadian woman who found love with a priest thirty-three years her senior. Against all social convention, they lived, produced three children, and built a life together after fleeing their village.However, after several years together, Bouchard's husband ultimately chose to return to the priesthood, abandoning his family as a result. Through interviews and documentation, Claire Trépanier tells Bouchard's story of survival while highlighting the history of women's stature in Canada, and raising a question about the ce