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''Other children were out picking that morning, but she passed them by in her light-blue dress and sandals... she had an empty kettle in each hand and was alone, despite having three sisters.''
For more from this Canadian writer try [[Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay|Late Nights on Air]] or for a harsher take on the wilds of Canada there's the fabulous [[The Outlander by Gil Adamson]]