Jennifer Chevalier writes: "Well-researched historical fiction is magical; it’s the closest thing we have to time travel. And while some might use that time travel to hook up with a sexy guy in a kilt—sorry, Outlander fans—I think it’s also essential to our understanding of how our mothers, grandmothers and great-great-great grandmothers were able to live as second-class citizens, not being able to vote, own property, hold political office, or determine a great many things about their own lives. Here is a wildly incomplete list of books that shows how society tried to constrain Canadian women to the shadows, and the exuberant ways both real and fictional heroines found to step into the sunshine." Explore the entire list at the link in our profile! About THE WINTER WITCH: Two sisters set sail on a bride ship from Normandy hoping to leave a curse behind them and find better lives in the wilds of 17th-century Quebec, only to meet a mysterious witch who forces them to confront the truth about magic—and their past. For fans of Emilia Hart, Sarah Penner, Alix E. Harrow, Ami McKay, and Roberta Rich. Élisabeth Jossard boards a bride ship to New France with her sister Marthe, forced to start a new life after a scandal in her village in Normandy. She’s harbouring a dark secret and hopes that by coming to Montreal—the holiest place in the world, she’s been told—the saints will hear her pleas and lift the curse that plagues her. When Élisabeth’s prayers go unanswered and she is unable to banish the spirit she believes is tormenting her, Marthe encourages her to turn to a powerful witch for help, the enigmatic stowaway Jeanne Roy. But Jeanne has secrets of her own, and when she refuses to help, Élisabeth’s resentment kindles a dangerous fire. Inspired by the tales of Canada’s Filles du Roi, The Winter Witch examines how lies, arrogance, and ignorance can lead to witch hunts in any society. #historicalfiction #feminist #CanLit #CanadianBooks #CanadianBookstagram #CanadianBookstagrammer #InstaBooks #Bookstagram #BookWorm