Children of the Day

Name: Children of the Day
Author: Sandra Birdsell

by Sandra Birdsell

Mennonite community faces a moral test when child goes missing

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Sandra Birdsell

Canadian novelist and short-story writer of Mennonite and Ojibwa descent whose fiction chronicles the mixed communities of southern Manitoba. The Russländer is her most internationally celebrated work. She is an important figure in western Canadian literature.

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Night TravellersMennonite refugees flee Russia seeking refuge in Manitoba wilderness
The Missing ChildWoman searches for her missing child across Canadian landscapes
The RussländerMennonite family endures displacement, war, and cultural assimilation
Waiting for JoeWoman's long wait for her estranged husband spans decades