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The Story
Dr. Emmaline Cartwright is about to retire as a Professor of History from an Eastern Ontario University. Though she’s led a successful career, she lingers in regret with an unfulfilled dream she’s held for herself for many years. Her sense of restlessness feels like an inner wound.
Emmaline’s yearnings are unexpectedly fulfilled when she discovers pages of a book written by Kate Robinson, a Loyalist woman from the eighteenth century.Within these pages, Kate tells of leaving America after the revolution to travel to a country that would eventually become Canada.
Her love of both writing and her children sustains her when a betrayal causes her to make a journey back to the land she’d left behind.
Kate’s story becomes Emmaline’s obsession — and ultimately, her way forward.
Each woman forges her own respective path, facing barriers and misfortunes. Though Emmaline and Kate occupy different eras, their stories are coloured by similar hopes, fears, dreams, and tenacity.
Reviews
I always judge a book by how much I want to pick it up again as soon as I have a moment.
With ”Tell it true,” I can’t wait to dive back in! If the rest of the book is as good as the first three chapters, we’re in for a real treat!
— Robert
Bravo! A beautifully written story that moved me to tears. Its twists and turns kept me riveted and fully engaged. I felt as if the main characters were sitting with me as I listened to their stories. The characters are well developed and believable. I highly recommend this book to all those who are looking for not only a good story but also looking for a peek into American and Canadian history.
— Elizabeth