Song for Susie Epp - Schemenauer, Elma
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It's 1970. Bashful Susie, a pill addict's daughter, sets out to build a better life for herself. Fellow Mennonite Simon loves Susie's courage-and her. He proposes. But marrying him comes with a pushy, sanctimonious mother-in-law. Adeline manipulates Susie and Simon into leaving their beloved British Columbia grassland and moving to her Saskatchewan farming community. There, a shocking secret plunges Simon into depression and drinking. As Susie struggles to find a way forward, she gains a new resilience, empathy, and understanding of faith and freedom.

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It's 1970. Bashful Susie, a pill addict's daughter, sets out to build a better life for herself. Fellow Mennonite Simon loves Susie's courage-and her. He proposes. But marrying him comes with a pushy, sanctimonious mother-in-law. Adeline manipulates Susie and Simon into leaving their beloved British Columbia grassland and moving to her Saskatchewan farming community. There, a shocking secret plunges Simon into depression and drinking. As Susie struggles to find a way forward, she gains a new resilience, empathy, and understanding of faith and freedom.
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Elma Schemenauer was born Elma Mary Martens, a child of Mennonite emigrants from Russia to Canada. She grew up near the prairie village of Elbow, Saskatchewan, halfway between Saskatoon and Regina. Elma worked in publishing in Toronto for many years and now lives in Kamloops, British Columbia. Elma is the author of 77 published books. SOME OF ELMA SCHEMENAUER'S 77 BOOKS Consider the Sunflowers 1940s-era Mennonite novel set mainly in rural Saskatchewan. Some characters are the same as in Song for Susie Epp. Publisher Borealis Press of Ottawa. YesterCanada: Historical Tales of Mystery and Adventure 30 historical and traditional stories from across Canada. Publisher Borealis Press of Ottawa. Jacob Siemens Family Since 1685 Family history book. Publisher Farland Press. Book includes early Mennonites: Sawatzky, Bergman, Enns, Andres, Dyck, Janzen, Martens, Kehler, Quiring, Neufeld, Friesen, Penner, Goertzen, and more. Brazil, Canada, England, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Japan, The Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Uganda Thirteen factual children's books. Publisher The Child's World of Minnesota. Newton McTootin and the Bang Bang Tree Picture book. Publisher MAGOOK, a former division of McClelland & Stewart.