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Review: From Primitive Shack to Premier’s Wife

Vanessa Winn Book Reviews

Glad to review Victoria author Valerie Green’s latest historical novel in The BC Review. Extensively researched, From Primitive Shack to Premier’s Wife: The Constance Davie Story explores the marital influence behind the eighth premier of British Columbia, Alexander Davie. Constance Skinner Davie represents the many untold women who were influential in the background of a …

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Review of Tomorrow, The McBride Chronicles

Vanessa Winn Book Reviews, Books

Glad for the opportunity to review Tomorrow, the awaited fourth book of The McBride Chronicles, by Victoria author Valerie Green. This time, Green tackles more recent history in mid-twentieth century Victoria, BC. She skilfully weaves continuity through generations of the McBride settler family as they face new challenges ahead. Green offers a vital and hopeful …

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