He does not eat priests, but he embodies another stereotype - that of the noble savage. The coureurs du bois in her book are too one-sidedly rough Deskaheh, too idealized. This is, unfortunately, where Desrochers’s novel stumbles. Bride of New France explores the challenges Laure faces coming into womanhood in a brutal time and place. From a feminist perspective, Laure from Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers demonstrates that the presence of controlling figures and challenges. But when Laure finds herself attracted to Deskaheh, an aboriginal man, she risks the little security she has. Bride of New France is Suzanne Desrochers debut novel. Not only does he resemble a pig, but during fur trading season, he leaves his young wife to fend for herself.Įven after they are married, the coureurs du bois frequently take up with aboriginal women. Still, she will have to marry, and her groom is no fairy tale prince. The 17th century was clearly not a good time to be a woman of little means.Īnd yet Laure, who is spirited by nature, finds something in New France she would probably never have found in Paris: a kind of freedom.
The houses the men offer their wives are rough huts, too flimsy to withstand the Canadian winter. The men to whom the girls are promised have little to recommend them. Laure’s closest friend, Madeleine, is so ill she can barely make the trip by canoe from Quebec City to Ville Marie. 6, 2012 Desrochers’ debut follows a spirited young woman from a grim charity hospital in 17th-century Paris to the equally challenging Canadian wilderness. Things are not much better in New France. BRIDE OF NEW FRANCE by Suzanne Desrochers RELEASE DATE: Aug.
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