The Other Path

by Corinne Jeffery

Overview

Alyssa Rainer is on the cusp of graduating as a registered nurse and has her whole life ahead of her. Yet she is torn between two alluring opportunities: starting her career while continuing her studies in Saskatoon, or relocating from Brandon to Winnipeg, where a whirlwind romance tempts her to abandon her long-held plans. Should Alyssa follow her heart or her mind? Set in the mid-1960s, Alyssa's young life is scarred by the death of her brother, her father's racism, her mother's abuse, and her parents' tumultuous marriage, which make her eager to venture off on her own. But the ghosts of the past haunt her and despite Alyssa's successes, the future she had envisioned does not unfold as anticipated.

Decades later, Alyssa reflects on the tough choices she made during her life, wondering, What if? What if she had taken a different path, like the doppelgänger she has been mistaken for over the years who appears to be living a parallel life—perhaps the one meant for Alyssa?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185651001
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	01/06/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	660 KB

About the Author

Corinne Jeffery is the author of the bestselling Canadian historical fiction trilogy Understanding Ursula with titles Arriving: 1909–1919 (2011) Thriving: 1920–1939 (2012) and Choosing: 1940–1989 (2013). She is also the author of Lords and Lepers (2018), an intriguing coming of age novel set in the Canadian prairies, and The Reluctant Author (2020), a fictionalized memoir. Since she learned to read, Jeffery has dreamed of writing a novel. She also took “the other path,” attaining a Bachelor of Nursing degree from the University of Manitoba and becoming an educator with Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton. The Other Path is her sixth novel.

After many years in Winnipeg, Jeffery and her family moved to St. Albert, Alberta, where they are now long-time residents.