{"product_id":"9781443450218_the-lost-diaries-of-susanna-moodie","title":"The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEngrossing historical fiction for readers of \u003cem\u003eBride of New France\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Birth House\u003c\/em\u003e about one of Canada’s most inimitable pioneers and her struggles to survive in the wilderness, brought beautifully to life in this accomplished debut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeetering on the edge of genteel poverty, Englishwoman Susanna Moodie agrees to leave behind her growing career as a writer to follow her husband from her beloved Suffolk to the backwoods of Canada. John Moodie is an ebullient man with a weakness for money-making schemes, and he is convinced that riches await them in the New World. It is the 1830s, and despite their dreams, Susanna is woefully unprepared for life in the wilderness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusanna Moodie’s true story of hardship and survival in a log cabin deep in the bush is part of our national mythology. Now, respected writer and editor Cecily Ross gives us an unprecedented fictional portrait of Susanna—the sister, the wife, the mother, the writer—a woman confronting both the wilds of Canada and the wilderness of her own heart. Told through imagined lost diaries, the novel explores Susanna’s complex inner life from childhood through to the worst challenges of pioneering in a harsh and unforgiving landscape with her devoted but hapless and often absent spouse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart love story, part coming-of-age narrative, this captivating novel brings to vivid life Moodie’s courage, wit and strength, as well as her moments of despair. \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie\u003c\/em\u003e shows how one woman, against all odds and adversity, prevails and makes this savage and beautiful land her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cecily Ross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47006984372373,"sku":"9781443450218","price":16.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781443450218.jpg?v=1776889940","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781443450218_the-lost-diaries-of-susanna-moodie","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}