A Woman of Valour: The Biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle

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 y...

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Main Author: Claire Trépanier
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2010
Series:Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters
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