Trouble and Strife

Sometimes the smallest voices make the deepest impact. Josephine Hadley a 1930s Canadian housewife fills her days looking after her children her indifferent husband and a stream of Depression-era visitors. Her contribution to her guests is a bowl of stew and an open heart. Her small world however is soon shattered by a tragic event which forces her to become the breadwinner. Can she run a business without sacrificing herself? And is it possible to act on a long-buried desire without remorse? Johanne Levesque's first novel Trouble and Strife is a poignant and heartbreaking look at a woman's life in a fast-changing time. With intimate details and a deft poetic touch Levesque has captured the spirit of an age where war and economic hardship altered the workplace home and women's lives forever.