BOOK
Date1983
Dimensions23 x 15 x 0.5 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Object numberHF.2022.10.4
DescriptionA soft-cover book titled “The Witch of Port LaJoye”. Title is located at the top center of the front cover in black font above a coloured image. Author’s name is located below the image with the illustrator underneath in slightly smaller font. The image on the front cover shows a woman kneeling close to a surface of water. Her face is turned towards the viewer and some of her hair touches the water. She has one arm outstretched towards a bunch of red, orange and blue-green flowers handing above the water. Author’s last name, title and publisher are listed on the spine.
Back cover has the title at top center, a synopsis paragraph, a paragraph on the author, and a paragraph on the illustrator all in black font. In the bottom right corner is an ISBN number: 0-920304-26-5.
Narrative
Written by Joyce Barkhouse, “The Witch of Port LaJoye” tells the story of a young woman charged with being a witch in the early 1700s on Prince Edward Island. Joyce Barkhouse (1913-2012) is a well-known Canadian author originally from Woodhouse, Nova Scotia, and the niece of author Margaret Atwood.
