From Tundra Books comes a picture-book adaptation of Maria Chapdelaine, the famous novel that Louis Hémon penned while working as a labourer on a farm in Quebec. Maria is faced with a dilemma: three gentlemen want to have her hand in marriage. When her first choice dies suddenly and tragically, she is left to choose a new husband from the remaining two suitors. She must decide between a man offering her a life away from all that is familiar to her and one who symbolizes fidelity to the land and to her roots. Rajka Kupesic, the book’s illustrator, was trained as a ballerina and danced for many years. Her experience as a dancer might explain the strong sense of movement apparent in her attractive naïve art. mRb