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Reviewed on March 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 9 Up—Françoise Laurent struggles for survival in 18th-century New France (Montreal). When her alcoholic parents die in a measles epidemic, she obtains work as a maid in an affluent household for an unhappy, but kind mistress. Grappling with her own unhappiness and consumed by thoughts of class structure and the barriers between her own poverty and a life of privileg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
