"This cycle of poems is perhaps the most memorable evocation in modern Canadian literature of the myth of the wilderness, the immigrant experience, and the alienating and schizophrenic effects of the colonial mentality."
"Susanna Moodie (1805-85) emigrated from England in 1832 to Upper Canada, where he settled on a farm with her husband. She wrote several books in Canada, notably Roughing It in the Bush", a famous account of pioneering which is still widely read."
"This was Margaret Atwood's third book of poems. Between 1970 and 1989 she has produced eight more collections, including two volumes of Selected Poems, and become internationally known as a novelist."

Purchased as a Birthday Group present for a BCer who has it in her WishList book.
This is an ex-library book, which once graced the shelves of Keele University, in Staffordshire (UK); there is only one entry from 1998... Time to travel the world again!! :)

Sent this WishList book as a Birthday Group present to very special BCer, with some little gifts to help her celebrate.
Happy Birthday... and enjoy! :)