NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A novel of orphans and widows, terror and hope, and the relationships
that hold women together when life falls apart.
With the trial of a murderer dominating the news, the respected wife of
a New Brunswick sea captain is drawn into the troubling case of a
British home child. Mortified that she must purchase the beautiful
teenager in a pauper auction to save her from lechery and abuse,
Josephine Galloway finds herself exexpectedly the proprietor of a
boarding house maintained by the sweat and tears of a curious collection
of women. Among them is the English girl, Flora Salford, haunted by a
missing piece of her life that she fears to be lost forever. When
tragedy strikes, Flora--already struggling to earn her place in this
strange new country--must decide if she can be the pillar Josephine's
household desperately needs.
Reconnecting with characters of Beth Powning's beloved The Sea
Captain's Wife, while navigating the class realities of Victorian
Canada and the rise of women's suffrage, The Sister's Tale is a story
of women finding their way, together, through terrible circumstances
they could neither predict nor avoid, but will stop at nothing to
overcome.
