![]() These examples help her to realize that with determination and drive she could aspire to a more challenging career than the accepted ones of farm wife or schoolteacher. Then Josie sees her mother stand up to a school trustee who is trying to cheat a young woman teacher out of her salary. ![]() She finds another role model in a newspaper story about stunt pilot Katherine Stinson, a woman succeeding in a world far different from the traditional world of women. Graham’s self-imposed isolation, Josie realizes how one’s choices can change difficult situations into bearable ones. ![]() Comparing her own mother’s involvement in the larger community with Mrs. Graham’s hatred of the flat, windswept prairies and her resulting deep depression. As 11-year-old Josie starts to take note of the way the adult world works, events over the course of the year covered in the novel, including the imminent departure of her older brother Sam to continue his education in Edmonton, show her possibilities for spreading her own wings.įirst there is the arrival of Margaret Graham, a longed-for friend Josie’s own age, but their friendship is clouded by Mrs. ![]() In this sequel to the award-winning Ticket to Curlew, the Ferrier family, after three years on their prairie homestead, are feeling quite settled. ![]()
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