National Network for Equitable Library Service

When she learns that her husband is missing in action during World War II, a desperate young wife decides to give up their baby daughter for adoption.

The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623.

ruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town.

Padua holds many suitors for the hand of fair Bianca, but Bianca may not be married until her spinster sister Kate is wed. Could any man be rash enough to take Kate on?

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610

Nothing in her cultured East Coast upbringing prepared Elizabeth for a teaching position on the Canadian frontier. Yet, despite the constant hardships, she loves the children in her care.

Just before the French were expelled from Nova Scotia early in the 18th century, two women, one French, one English, became as sisters.

When Sarah Perry loses her husband, she resolves that the best thing she can do for her young daughter Rebecca is send her off to a "proper" boarding school.

In Acadia two young mothers, one British and one French, have become good friends, despite the enmity between their peoples. The French woman's baby girl becomes critically ill.