Joyce Marshall

A gripping, suspenseful mystery is about to unfold in the pages of author Joyce Marshall’s riveting whodunit. Accompany the characters in Elizabeth Island, where the beauty and calmness of nature clashes with the anxiety and sentiments of its denizens. C. J. Connor lost her beloved husband and son in a ruthless and senseless robbery at their ocean front home. After the terrible tragedy, she finds that she can no longer live in the house that she once loved so much. The memories are just too painful. Searching for a new perspective on her life, she feels compelled to leave everything behind and flee to the peace and serenity of the family beach house. On her way there, she is strangely drawn to a small beach town and a unique 19th century mansion which has been turned into a bed and breakfast inn. The mansion also happens to be the home of two incredible ghosts. C. J. meets the first ghost, Serena Stockton, a short time after arriving on Elizabeth Island. Serena tells C. J. that she was murdered, and that they share a psychic connection. The second ghost is the resident ghost who has been haunting the mansion for more than 100 years. The ghosts befriend C. J. and become her guide and protector. Thus, begins an adventure that leads her on a frightening and dangerous mission as she uncovers the many secrets hidden within the mansion and discovers the truth behind the murders of her husband and child. Elizabeth Island is the story of betrayal, greed, love, hate, revenge, and redemption.

ELIZABETH ISLAND

Gabrielle Roy

Jane Everett

Gabrielle Roy was one of the most prominent Canadian authors of the twentieth century. Joyce Marshall, an excellent writer herself, was one of Roy's English translators. The two shared a deep and long-lasting friendship based on a shared interest in language and writing. In Translation offers a critical examination of the more than two hundred letters exchanged by Roy and Marshall between 1959 and 1980. In their letters, Roy and Marshall exchange news about their general health and well-being, their friends and family, their surroundings, their travels, and other writers, as well as their dealings with critics, editors, and publishers. They recount comical incidents and strange encounters in their lives, and reflect on human nature, current events, and, from time to time, their writing. Of particular interest to the two women were the problems they encountered during the translation process. Many passages in the letters concern the ways in which the nuances of language can be shaped through translation. Editor Jane Everett has arranged the letters here in chronological order and has added critical notes to fill in the historical and literary gaps, as well as to identify various editorial problems. Shedding light on the process of writing and translating, In Translation is an invaluable addition to the study of Canadian writing and to the literature on these two important figures.

Joyce Marshall

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