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    Godfrey: Book Two
    Godfrey: Book Two
    Godfrey: Book Two
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    Godfrey: Book Two

    By Adrien Leduc

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    Officially a Western farmer with his very own quarter section, in this second book of the Godfrey series, twenty-one year old Godfrey Leduc must endure the many trials and tribulations of starting life in a new land. Learning English. Getting to know the members of the community. Surviving the harsh winters. A poignant and heartfelt, semi-biographical work, Godfrey: Book Two allows readers to experience, first hand, the ins-and-outs and ups-and-downs of daily life in early twentieth-century, rural Alberta.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdrien Leduc
    Release dateSep 17, 2012
    ISBN9781301785575
    Godfrey: Book Two
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    Adrien Leduc

    Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Adrien Leduc makes his home in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife Ashley and beloved Cuban chihuahua Beyonce. A graduate of Carleton University (BA '10), Adrien is an avid fan of Canadian history and hopes to write many more books in his lifetime.

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      Godfrey - Adrien Leduc

      GODFREY: BOOK TWO

      Adrien Leduc

      Copyright © 2012. Adrien Leduc. Smashwords Edition. All rights reserved.

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      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      (Leduc, Adrien 1987- )

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the author, nor be otherwise circulated in any form than that in which it is published.

      SYNOPSIS

      Officially a Western farmer with his very own quarter section, in this second book of the Godfrey series, twenty-one year old Godfrey Leduc must endure the many trials and tribulations of starting life in a new land. Learning English. Getting to know the members of the community. Surviving the harsh winters. A poignant and heartfelt, semi-biographical work, Godfrey: Book Two allows readers to experience, first hand, the ins-and-outs and ups-and-downs of daily life in early twentieth-century, rural Alberta.

      DEDICATION

      For my great-grandmother, Antoinette Alice Lapalme (1899 - 1935);

      and

      To all the early, French-Canadian settlers of the Wainwright area.

      AUTHOR'S NOTE

      Without mincing words, I'd like to say something: I'm guilty of romanticizing the past. Certain folks have referred to this calamity as Golden Age Syndrome - most notably in the movie, Midnight in Paris, a fun, family-friendly film in which Owen Wilson stars as a modern-day, Los Angeles screenwriter that fantasizes about life in nineteen twenties Paris.

      In a similar vein, I idealize life in early twentieth century Alberta. In particular, life on the farm. Rural life. Speaking French and living amongst the expat Quebecer community in and around Wainwright. Church on Sunday mornings and picnics at the lake on Sunday afternoons. Getting together for weddings, baptisms, and other important events.

      Growing up in such a fragmented society - a.k.a. twenty-first century, urban Canada - I've often longed for a greater sense of family and community. Inevitably, and perhaps, not surprisingly, I have turned to my ancestral past as a way to acquire that sense of belonging. Nostalgic and deluded as it may be, I feel very much at home in the setting depicted in my Godfrey series. When I read (and indeed, when I write) these chapters, I almost believe that I'm there. I can envision my great-grandfather's frustrations at being unable to communicate effectively in English. I can see myself sitting in Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, surrounded by all the other French-Canadians of Wainwright, the hard wooden pews making my bum quite uncomfortable. I can picture myself seated at the dinner table with my relations, gabbing in French as mashed potatoes and tourtière are passed around. And, in the end, isn't that what reading and writing fiction are all about? It's escapism. It's medication. And I love it.

      As my lovely fiancée noted the other day, as long as I believe it, it's real. Moreover, I'd like to think that Godfrey sparks your imagination and helps you develop your own sense of what life was like for your ancestors in similar settings. So I hope you'll join me on this little adventure that I've embarked upon. Happy reading.

      Chapter One

      March 19, 1921

      Dear Francine,

      I am writing you at long last and ask your forgiveness for not writing sooner. I've been housebound the entire winter and couldn't even make it to the post office. You wouldn't believe how bad it was. Extremely cold. The wind would howl for days on end. There were blizzards at least twice a week. My little stove would go out during the middle of the night - this happened at least a dozen times - and every time I awoke, shivering, and feeling a fine frost on my face. It suppose it would help to have an oil stove. I've only got a wood stove see - Leo's got an oil one - but he damn near set his house on fire one night when it exploded the oil canister because he'd left it too close. So the wood one is good for me. For now.

      Francine, if you could see how I've been living these past eight months, you'd be sad for me. And I don't mean to complain - I'm only telling you because I can't report my hardships to my mother. She'd worry too much - and she's got enough to worry about. But I've made a

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