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Spirited young Eunice will not settle for a woman’s lot in 1800s Canada. She sees the inequitable use of power everywhere, from her abusive father to the elite-ruled government, and she cannot help but challenge it. This historical fiction follows her escape from trouble into more and more trouble, through which her ignorance gives way to a more sophisticated understanding of her society. Impatient to claim a place in it, Eunice dresses as a boy in order to join a rebellion against the government. She lands in jail for stealing a rich man’s horse, and there, the stories of her socially marginalized female cellmates – in particular a young black prisoner – forces her to confront anew the startling injustices of race and social class and the institutionalized cruelty of prison. Readers will fall in love with Eunice for her integrity and tenacity against all odds.
Price: $22.00
Pages: 304
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Imprint: Roseway Publishing
Publication Date:
15 September 2021
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781773634852
Format: Paperback
“The young and sometimes reckless Eunice Whiting is always on the move. Milkmaid, barmaid, fifteen-year old bride become rebel messenger on horseback, spy in disguise, and always speaker of truth to power: she is all that and more. Unfolding during the tempest that was the 1837 uprising in Upper Canada, Rebellion’s Daughter hums along as author Judi Coburn artfully sketches real people and real events from history enlivened by her own vivid imagination.”
— Lawrence Scanlan, author of The Horse’s Shadow
— Lawrence Scanlan, author of The Horse’s Shadow
Judi Coburn grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her early involvement in the women’s movement led to her contribution to Women at Work, the first history of women’s work in Ontario. She teaches high school history and English and has written a history of the former City of York. Family roots in both Toronto and Paris, Ontario, provided rich resources for this first novel. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.