Strangers in the House

"The book’s charm lies in its first-person narrative, which poignantly conjures the Blondin family’s challenges along with the author’s reactions to historical events." —Publishers Weekly "Riveting and poignant. Savage captures the tragedy and tenacity that define the history of Québec and its diaspora across North America. A rare sympathetic view from an Anglo-Canadian." —David Vermette, A Distinct Alien Race: The Untold Story of Franco-Americans "Beautifully written and impeccably researched, Strangers in the House is a remarkable achievement." —Roy MacGregor, Canadians: A Portrait of a Country and Its People "Strangers in the House puts the past in conversation with the present to show how certain events and decisions can have a ripple effect that lasts for generations." —Guillaume Morissette, The Original Face "In Strangers in the House, Candace Savage has deftly reached across time and space to tell another, less comfortable side of Saskatchewan history through the lives of the people who once lived in her Saskatoon home. It’s as though they’re sitting together at the kitchen table, speaking from the heart, baring their souls." —Bill Waiser, historian and author of A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 "As Candace Savage unravels the history of her Saskatoon home, her search for the family who built the house in 1928 leads her to understand that the French in Canada have often been forced to abandon their language and culture in order to integrate into the English community. I was captivated by [Strangers in the House] from the first page to the last. A very well-written story that needed to be told." —Laurier Gareau, La Trahison and De poussière et du vent