Time Enough

In the early 1900's, a Manx family of miners subsists on a small-hold farm; their lives are stable, steeped in routines, love and faery lore, but they are on the verge of ruin. The young family must leave forever, in search of a new life. How will a mother of six, Euphemia, and her eldest son, Henry, make a family home in a new world? William's younger brother, Thomas, posts their bond for emigration to Michigan. Euphemia suspects her first lover has ulterior motives and that he will destroy her. Henry, almost a man, longs to remain and save their land. No matter. They must go. Too late, they discover they are trapped. Euphemia and Henry together and separately, must struggle to surmount betrayal, lies, abuse and heartbreak.On a three-decade journey from Isle of Man to Saskatchewan, via Michigan and Manitoulin Island, we are immersed in this moving saga of Euphemia and Henry's fight for independence. A sweeping novel about what endures in an unfamiliar place. Can forgiveness restore love and bring hope? Is there time to heal the past and build a future?

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Time Enough

In the early 1900's, a Manx family of miners subsists on a small-hold farm; their lives are stable, steeped in routines, love and faery lore, but they are on the verge of ruin. The young family must leave forever, in search of a new life. How will a mother of six, Euphemia, and her eldest son, Henry, make a family home in a new world? William's younger brother, Thomas, posts their bond for emigration to Michigan. Euphemia suspects her first lover has ulterior motives and that he will destroy her. Henry, almost a man, longs to remain and save their land. No matter. They must go. Too late, they discover they are trapped. Euphemia and Henry together and separately, must struggle to surmount betrayal, lies, abuse and heartbreak.On a three-decade journey from Isle of Man to Saskatchewan, via Michigan and Manitoulin Island, we are immersed in this moving saga of Euphemia and Henry's fight for independence. A sweeping novel about what endures in an unfamiliar place. Can forgiveness restore love and bring hope? Is there time to heal the past and build a future?

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Time Enough

Time Enough

by Lise Mayne
Time Enough

Time Enough

by Lise Mayne

Overview

In the early 1900's, a Manx family of miners subsists on a small-hold farm; their lives are stable, steeped in routines, love and faery lore, but they are on the verge of ruin. The young family must leave forever, in search of a new life. How will a mother of six, Euphemia, and her eldest son, Henry, make a family home in a new world? William's younger brother, Thomas, posts their bond for emigration to Michigan. Euphemia suspects her first lover has ulterior motives and that he will destroy her. Henry, almost a man, longs to remain and save their land. No matter. They must go. Too late, they discover they are trapped. Euphemia and Henry together and separately, must struggle to surmount betrayal, lies, abuse and heartbreak.On a three-decade journey from Isle of Man to Saskatchewan, via Michigan and Manitoulin Island, we are immersed in this moving saga of Euphemia and Henry's fight for independence. A sweeping novel about what endures in an unfamiliar place. Can forgiveness restore love and bring hope? Is there time to heal the past and build a future?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798989901555
Publisher: Oprelle Publishing
Publication date: 01/01/2025
Pages: 508
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

Lise Mayne (aka LG Pomerleau) is an author living in Nanton, Alberta, Canada. Historical injustice and the search for home are central themes of her work. Her novel Becoming Sand, presented a fictional Francophone family's history in Canada. Her new novel Time Enough, Oprelle Publications 2024, is the migration saga of a family from Isle of Man to Canada via Michigan in the early 1900's. An excerpt was published by Sunspot Literary Journal in the Rigel 2022 contest. Lise's poetry appears or is pending in international literary publications and has received five awards. Lise volunteers as a Rocky Mountain bluebird nest-box monitor, plays the harp, and enjoys her family.
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