Travel Back to A Time Where Fighting For Your Dreams Was A Way of Life

Pioneers are often seen as the courageous builders of the United States.They endured harsh winters, brutal conditions and backbreaking labor in order to clear the wilderness and forests and build what would become the foundation of colonial America. Women are often the unsung heroines of the pioneer era. They raised children and maintained the household in extremely demanding and rough conditions. They gave birth, often without medical health, risking their lives with each new pregnancy. They had to keep their families safe and united to meet the unhabitable environment that daily threatened to overcome their fragile hold over the land. 

Granvil L. Hayes, produces the tale of one such pioneer heroine, in her brilliant novel debut, “Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Joy.’ The book tells the story of Margy, a farm girl from Kansas who dreams of attending college but cannot due to her family’s lack of funds. She joins the flock of settlers heading west to the Oklahoma Territory, where she finds a job teaching young children in a country schoolhouse.The novel follows Margy through marriage, children, moments of triumph and tragedy, as she struggles to hold on to her much cherished dreams. This book is ideal for any readers seeking to better understand the heroic role women played in the early days of the America.

“Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Joy” will be displayed in the upcoming Word on the Street, the biggest literary events in Canada this year on September 14 in Halifax, on September 21 in Lethbridge, and lastly on September 22 in Toronto. 

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