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Suzanne Desrochers

Autor von Bride of New France

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Sal en la piel (2012) 2 Exemplare

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Desrochers, Suzanne
Geburtstag
1976
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
Canada
Geburtsort
Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada
Wohnorte
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ausbildung
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (MA|Creative Writing and History)
King's College, London
Berufe
author
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SUZANNE DESROCHERS grew up in the French-Canadian village of Lafontaine on the shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario. Now based in Toronto, she is currently writing a Ph.D. thesis at King's College, London, comparing the migration of French and British women to North America in the early modern period. She has lived in Paris and Tokyo and travelled extensively throughout Asia. Her travel writing has appeared in Toronto's Now Magazine, and she has presented her history papers at academic conferences and seminars. Bride of New France is her first novel.

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París, siglo XVII. Laure fue arrebatada de los brazos de sus padres y vive en el hospicio de la Salpêtrière junto a otros desharrapados. Gracias a la amabilidad de una protectora, ha aprendido a leer, escribir y coser, pero Laure desea tener algún día su propio taller de costura. Así, tras la muerte de una de sus compañeras, decide tomar la iniciativa y escribe una carta a la corte pidiendo ayuda para dejar el hospicio y cumplir su sueño. Sin embargo, la respuesta que recibe es, cuando menos, inesperada: el rey ordena que las huérfanas de la Salpêtrière mayores de edad sean enviadas a las tierras del nuevo continente conquistadas por Francia (el actual Quebec) para casarse con los soldados y los colonos.
Laure y una de sus mejores amigas son enviadas junto con otras ochocientas mujeres. Tras una durísima travesía, la llegada a tierra firme resulta decepcionante y todas ellas deberán acostumbrarse a las nuevas circunstancias. Debido a las durísimas condiciones de vida, la mejor amiga de Laure muere y la deja completamente sola. Entonces, es acogida por unas monjas para que se recupere del duro golpe. En la congregación, conoce a Deskaheh, un joven indio por el que se siente atraída. Pero su destino la reclama y tiene que partir para casarse con Mathurin, un rústico ex soldado convertido en cazador y vendedor de pieles. Cuando se instala en su cabaña, muy cerca de la región hostil habitada por los temidos indios iroqueses, el destino le depara una fantástica sorpresa: la inesperada aparición de Deskaheh, y la gran historia de amor que entonces tendrá lugar.
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Natt90 | Mar 30, 2023 |
Based on the real-life young women who were sent by King Louis XIV from the orphanages and poor houses of Paris to settle and marry in Quebec in the 17th century. These women were known as the fille du roi. The novel was very limited in its scope but still delivered some interesting facts. Also a great social commentary of the times. 267 pages
 
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Tess_W | 26 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 15, 2022 |
I cannot comment on the historical content, as I know little of Les filles de roi (in fact, I read this book hoping to learn a little more). What I can say is that I enjoyed being transported to a different land and time, and surprisingly following this selfish but dreamer girl as she tried to grab something for herself out of life. While so many times in the beginning I wanted to tell her to simply accept the realities of her life, by the end I was routing for her to defy convention and go for what - and who - she really wanted. It takes a fair amount of writing skill to take a once unsympathetic character and make her sympathetic, to make her truly real, and Desrocher has done this. Well worth a read.… (mehr)
 
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OptimisticCautiously | 26 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 16, 2020 |
I cannot comment on the historical content, as I know little of Les filles de roi (in fact, I read this book hoping to learn a little more). What I can say is that I enjoyed being transported to a different land and time, and surprisingly following this selfish but dreamer girl as she tried to grab something for herself out of life. While so many times in the beginning I wanted to tell her to simply accept the realities of her life, by the end I was routing for her to defy convention and go for what - and who - she really wanted. It takes a fair amount of writing skill to take a once unsympathetic character and make her sympathetic, to make her truly real, and Desrocher has done this. Well worth a read.… (mehr)
 
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