This historical novel is a faithful retelling of the facts about a typical family of "Gentle Gamblers", and their innermost feelings. They came from the East with few possessions and gambled their lives to fulfill their dreams.

It is a very human drama. Failure and success, comedy and tragedy, and a cast of memorable characters come to life in its pages. This is a book about real people living through real events with often an uncommon bravery.

It is rich with vivid word-pictures, and has been written with a compassionate respect for the human condition, by an author who knows her subject well.

I highly recommend it as a fine example of Canadiana

It deserves a place in every Canadian library.

I read your books in the library here and really liked them. I'd like to order them for my mother. She'd love them!

I've been having such a good time with your books! I want to buy them for Christmas presents for my mom in Saskatchewan and for my husband's mother. I read a little each night and find that they are so easy to read. I like the big print and the way you can leave them open without having them close up on you.

Your books are awesome! My husband and I took a drive out to Stanger to see where these people lived. Is everything in there true? I need three copies of each book for gifts.