Ethel Wilson,George Bowering
Walking out on a demoralizing second marriage, Maggie Lloyd leaves Vancouver to work at a fishing lodge in the interior of British Columbia. But the serenity of Maggieâ€™s new surroundings is soon disturbed by the irrational jealousy of the lodge-keeperâ€™s wife. Restoring her own broken spirit, Maggie must also become a healer to others. In this, she is supported by her eccentric friend, Nell Severance, whose pearl-handled revolver â€“ the Swamp Angel â€“ becomes Maggieâ€™s ambiguous talisman and the novelâ€™s symbolic core.,Ethel Wilsonâ€™s best-loved novel, ,Swamp Angel, first appeared in 1954. It remains an astute and powerful study of one womanâ€™s integrity and of the redemptive power of compassion.
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Swamp Angel