Book description
Mary Janeway is the story of a little girl's childhood while living
on a farm as a domestic servant in the late 1800s. Based on extensive
historical research, Mary's story begins in Scotland where family
circumstances lead to her being sent to Canada as a home child.
Separated from her siblings, Mary, at age eight, is sent to a farm
near Innerkip, Ontario, where the Jacques family "needed a
girl." Her story brings into focus the intimate details of
hardship and deprivation experienced by the many of the thousands of
young people sent to Canada between 1869 and 1939.
Mary Pettit had a personal connection to Mary Janeway and at an
early age became intrigued with her story. She lives in Stoney Creek
