by Shirley Hiebert
The Captain’s Widow is that rare thing in literature, a true story steeped in vivid and intimate local colour, and yet set in the larger context of history, literature, and popular culture. And — Mennonite idiosyncrasies: all depicted with a love of words, with a remarkable command of imagery, and with delightful tongue-in-cheek mischievousness. Yet it is much more: it is also a riveting story of incalculable loss, pain and grief written out of personal pain ultimately redeemed by insight, faith, and deep compassion for the protagonists of this very frank and personal memoir.
Ernest Braun, Mennonite Historian
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