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Elsie Dewhurst is a product of the fifties. She believes a woman’s role is that of wife, mother, and household manager. “I run a tight ship” is her motto. She believes she has control and influence over her four daughters.
Elsie is wrong.
Frequently fearful, constantly vigilant, Elsie navigates her life with integrity and grace. She is particularly sensitive to the criticism of her mother-in-law and the perceived notion of “what will the neighbours think.”
Set on the Canadian prairies and spanning the years 1981-1996, The Weight of Stones is a saga of a well-respected farm family and the coming of age misadventures of the four Dewhurst daughters. Written with empathy and humour, the novel explores such themes as family, love, loyalty, marriage, and forgiveness.
The first is “an odd goal for a child,” she says with a laugh, “but I had dreams of a big family in a big house in the country.”
Roberta lives on a farm, hosts family events and loves being surrounded by her children and grandchildren. The second goal has been more challenging from the perspective of managing time, but Roberta persevered and has written two novels, several stories, personal essays, and poems.
She is ready to share her work and she invites you to be part of the audience.
Bullies come in all sorts of sizes, shapes, races, diversities, entitlements, cultures, and ages.
Set in the years 1981 – 1996, The Weight of Stones is a saga about a Saskatchewan farm family and the coming of ages of
Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over
-Neil Gaiman-
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