A Woman of Valour: The Biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard LaBelle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781897425848)

The biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle tells of a young Canadian woman from a humble background at the turn of the twentieth century. She discovers love with the priest of her village, a man thirty-three years her elder. After three children and fifteen years of a happy life together, her spouse returns to the priesthood, just before the Great Depression. Trépanier narrates this brave woman's struggle to raise their children alone as a "widow," and raises questions about the mandatory celibacy of Catholic priests and the status of women in the Catholic Church.

Author: Claire Trépanier
ISBN-10: 1897425848
ISBN-13: 9781897425848
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2010
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d