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Bezig met laden... Esther (2011)door Julie Wheelwright
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 Julie Wheelwright’s Esther contains two parallel storylines. The first is a biography of the author’s ancestor, Esther Wheelwright, who was born into a strict Puritan family and eventually became a Catholic Mother Superior. The second is the author’s struggle to understand the motivations behind Esther’s transformation. The two narratives are seamlessly woven together, allowing the reader access to the minds and hearts of both women.....This approach allows Wheelwright to stay neutral in recounting historical facts while still injecting emotion into the story, a style that should appeal even to reluctant readers of history. Wheelwright’s care in exploring multiple viewpoints lends her book nuance and emphasizes the fact that there can be no definitive statements when three societies (English, Abenaki, and French) are so closely linked in one person. Esther’s story is a microcosm of the multicultural, multi-religious Canada we recognize today, and Julie Wheelwright does both her ancestor and her country justice in telling it. In this highly readable and meticulously researched history, Julie Wheelwright explores the long and adventurous life of her distant relative, Esther Wheelwright: “Puritan Child, Native Daughter, Mother Superior.” In doing so, Wheelwright provides a fascinating portrait of New England and New France in the 18th century, and of the complex negotiations among the French, the English and the Abenaki as they battled over land, religion and hunting rights.......As for Julie Wheelwright, she remarks, “My research into Esther's life has opened my eyes and my ears to another way of understanding the past.” It is our great good fortune that she shares that understanding with her readers. We too, in these pages, learn the enduring power of story. Erelijsten
In 1703, a war party of French soldiers and Abenaki warriors raided the Puritan village of seven-year-old Esther Wheelwright, killing several men, women and children and taking twenty-two captives. That Esther managed to survive the 200-mile journey by foot through swamps and forests to a Jesuit mission in New France is astonishing. That she was adopted, quite happily, into a family of her Abenaki captors is equally amazing. But for the Wheelwright family, who waited years before receiving word that Esther had even survived the raid, the abduction was a tragedy. Esther's release from her Abenaki family was finally negotiated through a French Jesuit who took her to the city of Québec--but it was too late. Esther, by then twelve years old, broke her parents' hearts by refusing to go home. They never saw her again. Instead, she remained in Québec, the capital of New France, where, against all odds, she went on to become Mother Superior of the Ursulines--and a pivotal figure after the siege of Québec in 1759. Written by Julie Wheelwright, Esther's descendant, thisbook is a spiritual and an emotional journey of survival, and an awe-inspiring example of the human capacity for transformation. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)255.97402Religions Christian pastoral theology, homiletics and religious orders Monasticism and Religious Orders NunsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (4)
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