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edited by Hilary Thompson.; ;23 cm; Papers presented at the 4th Thomas H. Raddall Symposium held at Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S., September 21-23, 1994.; Includes bibliographical references.; Contents: Children, church, migration and money / Philip Girard -- Fitted to earn her own living : figures of The New Woman in the writing of L.M. Montgomery / Carole Gerson -- Pruned down and branched out : embracing contradiction in 'Anne of Green Gables' / Laura M. Robinson -- Missing fathers / Muriel Whitaker -- The suitable child / John Stockdale -- The psalmist and the sawmill / Paul Milton -- Small bodies / David Creelman -- Childhood in limbo / Theresia Quigley -- The Gauthier girls / Sheila Andrew -- Runaway girls and sharp knives / Deirdre Kessler -- My childhood / Isabelle Knockwood --Revenge and revolt / Sharon Myers -- A young Maritimer in the 1930s and '40s / Alan Wilson -- Candlemas in the classroom / Barbara Le Blanc and Hilary Thompson.; Thomas H. Raddall Symposium, Source type: Electronic(1)