Richardson, Evelyn M. (1902-1976) — Desired Haven

Philadelphia Macrae Smith Company First Edition pp. 320. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, bright gilt lettering to the spine. Light bumping to spine ends, else, extremities well-preserved with little to no wear apparent, neat ink inscription to the ffep, otherwise, the contents remain without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. Mrs. Richardson's vivid account of their life in We Keep a Light won the Governor General's Award for Creative Non-Fiction in 1945. Now Desired Heaven, an absorbing novel of Nova Scotia in earlier times, has won the All-Canada Fiction Award.