The Bird Healers Daughter

By Beth Powning

From the author of the bestselling novel, The Sister's Tale

The Bird Healer's Daughter is a richly imagined historical novel inspired by Canada's first woman lawyer. Set during the final years of the Age of Sail, the novel follows a group of remarkable women as they fight for justice, equality, and a better future for women and children.

Ursa is a resourceful, unwed mother who sews men's shirts to support herself and her daughter in a modest Saint John flat. Lucy is an idealistic young woman from nearby Pleasant Valley who dreams of becoming a lawyer and seeks independence by working in a cotton mill. When Lucy rescues Ursa's elderly pug, their seemingly dissimilar lives become interwoven until one day Ursa is forced to make a decision that threatens tragic consequences for herself, her child, and the entirety of Lucy's family.

Beth Powning returns to the Victorian landscape she so intricately built in The Sea Captain's Wife, and The Sister's Tale, ushering readers into a world of warmth, comfort, and possibility, but also fraught with imminent danger.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773105108
• ISBN13: 9781773105109
• Release Date: May 2027
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Length: 244 Pages