Eleanor Courtown is the story of a young woman of privilege. When her cousin marries and sails for Canada in the 1870s, Eleanor determines to follow. Having left home in secret, she soon has reason to regret her decision. Friendless in a strange new country, both women fall victim to a brutality that threatens to destroy them. This is a work of historical fiction based on events of the period. Written with a masterful command of the voices it inhabits, the novel’s endearing characters come alive in a nineteenth-century setting. The journey of its protagonist highlights the importance of those immigrants, of every class, who came to North America and who have played essential roles in the establishment of a developing social fabric.

Historical Fiction,

Eleanor struggles to adapt to the new country and her loss of status in it. She becomes friends with the local innkeepers and a very gruff doctor. She is courted by a school master. Her cousin is in a dire situation.

Wexford, Ireland and Ontario, Canada

Yes

Quest

Coming of Age, Happy Ending,social issues of class and agency

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Name: Eleanor Courtown

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Faithful, Modest, Naive, Adventurous, Beautiful, Charming, Complex, Engaging

Name: Dr. Stewart

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Role: Mentor

Key Traits: Complex, Confident, Educated, Empathetic, Heartthrob, Heroic

Name: Mr. Mrs. McLenaghan

Age: 58

Gender:

Role: Emotional

Key Traits: Funny, Empathetic

Name: Lilian Courtown-McDonough

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Role: Emotional

Key Traits: Beautiful, Charming, Desperate, Naive

Age: 35-54

Target Gender: Female leaning

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Status: Yes: with a Publisher

Publisher: Seraphim Publishing

Year Published: 2017

No

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