| Abstrakt: |
Morag Gunn, the protagonist, a forty-seven-year-old novelist writing the novel containing her story. As she looks back over her life, she believes that her artistic talent always was evident. After her parents died of poliomyelitis, she was reared by Christie Logan in a poor part of town where Métis (half-breeds), like her first lover, Jules, also lived. She grew up listening to Christie haranguing about the muck of life in the past and present. Christie thought he was creating pride and identity in Morag by telling her stories about her family, the Gunns, coming from Scotland to Manitoba. Morag also wrote her own stories, which she later reworked to create stories of family history for her daughter, Pique. Writing for local, college, and Vancouver newspapers enlarges Morag's sensitivities about the Métis, the Gersons, and others. Her passion leads to an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, however, just as her spirit of independence leads her to leave her husband. |
