Author : Claire Trépanier
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781897425848
A Woman of Valour by Claire Trépanier Pdf
"A Woman of Valour is the biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle, a French-Canadian woman who found love with a priest thirty-three years her senior. Against all social convention, they lived, produced three children, and built a life together after fleeing their village. However, after several years together, Bouchard's husband ultimately chose to return to the priesthood, abandoning his family as a result. Through interviews and documentation, Claire Trepanier tells Bouchard's story of survival while highlighting the history of women's stature in Canada, and raising a question about the celibacy of Catholic priests."--Publisher's description