Western Producer Prairie Books, Saskatoon, SK, 1981, believe 1st soft cover pr.  ISBN 0-88833-083-9.  Trade soft cover, 218 pages.  Wraps have some edge and cover wear, scrapes along spine edges; reading creases on spine; small corner bends; bit of discolouration on rear wrap.  Binding sound.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  ‘The bleak landscape and harsh prairie climate gave birth to the shelterbelt, but to Frynca, it was a symbol of confinement.  As the only girl in a Ukrainian farm family with nine boys, she quickly developed a resentment of the role tradition demanded of her.  The irony in Frynca’s life was that the shelterbelt also reflected her determination to overcome the oppression she faced at home.  Just as the seedlings struggled to survive against the elements, so Frynca courageously confronted the outside world and left the imprisoning arms of the shelterbelt.’ (from rear wrap)