I love how dedicated you are in researching settings you find in your reads. I think it's great, and how we learn about places we've never been. That's a novel idea that I might actually implement from now on. Thank you!

Well done. I love those "author's notes" at the end of novels that explain what is real and what is fictional and how it was all blended together to tell the story. Doesn't sound quite fair that the author didn't include such a note in this one.

This sounds like a thrilling read! I'm always interested in digging into the real history, culture, religions, etc. that might be mentioned in a book to see how factual they are.

I think you do an amazing job of educating us about these things, Susan. I love it!

I borrowed this book from the library. I was so surprised as I was reading this novel to encounter the town of Elgin and Delta as well as Ottawa. I was living in Montreal and we drove to Ottawa frequently since it was close and we had relatives there. This was when I was a young girl with my family. During the summers we spent a week or 2 at a fishing camp on Sand Lake close to Elgin and we would visit Delta where my great aunt and uncle lived. I was fascinated that these setting were mentioned since they are very small and in a depressed area. But it was very meaningful to me.