This 25th anniversary facsimile edition of the original silk-screened, limited run of "The Journals of Susanna Moodie" is a beautiful book to read. There are no page numbers so you just get lost in Atwood's evocative poetry and Pachter's gorgeous illustrations.

How do you describe a fictionalize biography written in poetry? Because that is what Atwood has done here--she has taken the life of Susanna Moodie, a renown Canadian pioneer--and turned it into a story known to all women. The story of life: when marriage removes agency, pulls you across countries, and decides your fate.