Women who Lived and Loved North of 60

Here are 31 short stories with many black and white photos, written by women who went north to work, for adventure, or to join a fiance or husband. The stories span from 1937 to the present. They were cooks, nurses, teachers, and wives. Some married there, many had babies there, most worked in and out of home. The experience changed each one. They embraced life in the north with its difficulties and joys and came away feeling far richer for their experience. They had adventures with bears or wolves, they had stories about honey buckets, no indoor plumbing or fresh milk, and ball gowns for formal dances and doing their laundry in a bucket with water that had already served for each family member's bath. They brought warmth to the north and gentleness to the otherwise harsh environment. Journey through the north and the years with these wonderful warm, brave and resourceful women as they recall their lives there. You will wish you could have known them. Read an interview with Toni Graeme at bookreviewcafe.com