Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1987, 1^st. ed.  ISBN 0-88619-101-7.  Translated by Patricia Claxton.  Hard cover, 415 pages including about the Author and Works by the Author.  Brown boards with gold lettering on spine; light corner wear, spine ends lightly pushed; binding tight with head and tail bands.  Unclipped and unpriced dust jacket has a bit of edge wear; 3 small marks on the inside.  Interior clean and unmarked.  ‘Shortly before her death, one of Canada’s greatest writers finally set aside fictional characters and told her own story.  This candid portrayal of Gabrielle Roy’s first 30 years – from her poverty-filled childhood in St. Boniface, Manitoba, as one of 8 children, through her travels in Europe on the brink of war, to her return home just a few years before she began writing TheTin Flute – is an honest, deeply moving account of a young woman’s search for a purpose … and a voice.’ (from front flap)