![]() ![]() Tearing through the forest with dogs howling in the distance, she is desperate, her nerves burning, and she is certain of one thing only - that her every move is being traced. ![]() Mary Boulton is nineteen years old, half mad, and widowed - by her own hand. On a moonlit night in 1903, a mysterious young woman flees alone across the Canadian wilderness, one quick step ahead of her pursuers. This is a very good story, excellent character development, plot, dialogue, scenery and some history surrounding the area of Frank Alberta. We follow her and her flashbacks and thoughts as she wanders through the wilderness alone, unarmed, unskilled and helped by strangers along the way, in particular a recluse, Bill Moreland. Hardship, neglect, infidelity, and the death of an infant son push Mary over the edge. John and Mary travel from Toronto (?) to Alberta to homestead and neither is prepared for the harsh reality of this lifestyle. Mary is referred to as the widow throughout the story as we learn of her family background: a widowed father consumed with grief, a grandmother with odd superstitions and quirks, a lonely home life and a naivety that persuades her that a marriage to John Boulton would be a good idea. She is escaping from her brothers-in-law who want to bring her to justice. ![]() It follows the trail of Mary Boulton who has killed her husband John with a shotgun. This novel is set in the mountains of Alberta in 1903 or thereabouts. ![]()
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