Multi-published Canadian author's new novel features Mennonites, bossy mother-in-law, and shocking secret

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Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada-Elma Schemenauer's new novel, Song for Susie Epp, begins in 1970. Susie, daughter of a Vancouver pill addict, sets out to build a better life for herself. Fellow Mennonite Simon loves her courage-and her. But marrying him comes with a pushy, sanctimonious mother-in-law, Adeline. She manipulates Susie and Simon into leaving their beloved British Columbia grassland and moving to her Saskatchewan farming community. There, a shocking secret plunges Simon into depression and drinking. As Susie struggles to find a way forward, she gains a new empathy, resilience, and understanding of faith and freedom.

Author Elma (Martens) Schemenauer is a first-generation child of German-speaking Mennonite immigrants from Russia to Saskatchewan. After teaching in Saskatchewan, Montana, and Nova Scotia, she settled into a publishing career in Toronto. She's the author of 78 published books including the novel Consider the Sunflowers. Song for Susie Epp features some of the same characters. Published by Farland Press, it's 264 pages, paperback ISBN 978-0-921718-07-9, e-book ISBN 978-0-921718-08-6. Ask for it in a bookstore or library. Or order from an online seller such as Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Thalia, Vivlio, Booktopia, or Casa del Libro. For more information, please visit https://elmams.wixsite.com/elma or e-mail sagecat@shaw.ca.

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Farland Press was established in 1988. Other books it has published are:
-Schemenauer Families in Germany and North America Since 1600 by Robert S. Schemenauer
-Jacob Siemens Family Since 1685 by Elma Schemenauer
-The Psychology of Driving by John Sawatsky and Elma Schemenauer
-Breadspeed: Wonderful No-Knead Yeast Breads in Two Hours by Elma Schemenauer

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