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    The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe
    The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe
    The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe
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    The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe

    By Marcelle Dube

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    At the turn of the last century, on a dark, bitterly cold winter's night in rural Quebec, a stranger comes to midwife Clara Castonguay's door. A woman is in labor and Clara is needed. The stranger is unlike any woman Clara has ever met and something about her brooks no disobedience, but when the stranger orders Clara's daughter, Millie, to accompany them, Clara balks. This is not the path she wants for her daughter.

    But Millie has her own ideas, and soon she and Clara are trudging dark, snow-clad country roads, heading for a woman whose baby is coming too soon. Before the night ends, Clara and Millie will face death and life, and make decisions that will change both their lives.

    About Marcelle Dubé:
    Marcelle Dubé is the author of the speculative fiction Backli's Ford, Jilimar, Kirwan's Son and Obeah, as well as the Mendenhall Mystery series. As with all of her fiction, The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe features strong characters facing difficult choices.
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFalcon Ridge Publishing
    Release dateDec 14, 2014
    ISBN9780993666889
    The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe
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    Marcelle Dube

    Marcelle Dubé writes mystery, science fiction, fantasy, contemporary and—occasionally—romance fiction. She grew up near Montreal and after trying out a number of different provinces (not to mention Belgium) she settled in the Yukon, where people outnumber carnivores, but not by much. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and award-winning anthologies. Her novels include the Mendenhall Mystery series (a number of her short stories are also set in the world of Mendenhall Chief of Police Kate Williams) and The A'lle Chronicles, as well as standalone fantasy and mystery titles. Her work is available in print and in electronic format. To find out more about Marcelle, visit her at www.marcellemdube.com.  

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      The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe - Marcelle Dube

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      Falcon Ridge Publishing

      The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe copyright © 2014 by Marcelle Dubé

      Cover image © NinaMalyna/Shutterstock

      Cover design copyright © 2014 by Marcelle Dubé

      and Falcon Ridge Publishing

      (Originally published under the Emma Faraday pen name)

      All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction, in whole or in part in any form. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      The Wise Woman of Ste-Agathe

      by Marcelle Dubé

      Clara Castonguay startled at the sharp knock on the front door. The light from the oil lamp in her hand sent dancing shadows on the dark hallway walls as she turned toward the door.

      She mentally reviewed all the pregnant women in the vicinity. None of them were due any time soon.

      This then would be Ste-Agathe’s new doctor, come to court her daughter Millie.

      For a moment, she considered ignoring the knock, then sighed. It was cold out.

      I have it, she called toward the kitchen, knowing that Jeanne would be wrist-deep in bread dough.

      "Très bien," came Jeanne’s muffled voice.

      She opened the heavy oak door to the cold and darkness and stood staring, all manners forgotten.

      The woman illuminated by the lamp was not from Ste-Agathe. Clara would have been willing to wager—were she of that ilk—that the stranger was not from anywhere nearby.

      In her youth, Clara had traveled with her parents to Egypt and Greece. The woman's olive skin reminded her of a more southern sun. It reminded her of Halena, her long-ago mentor. But

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