Publisher's Synopsis
A twin, Rosie Day is a Canadian Cree child who was thrust into human life on the crest of the killing blizzard striking the remote Ontario bush country in 1948. The stampeding gale nearly consumed the tiny winter camp along with its fragile occupants, a full term pregnant Sophie Henry. Sophie's husband Joseph Bluejay left their bush camp for help more than two days prior. Joseph, an experienced Metis man, is now missing within the grip of the storm. But family ties are strong within the Native bush community and even without modern telecommunications a message stretches across time and space for help. Life will have the chance to grow if caught from falling into the deep sleep, a precious opportunity to add a voice to the creative chorus of the world. But, life as we know it will not be an easy choice. Sophie suffers from a complex mental disorder and then the question of "What has swallowed up Joseph in the blasting wind?" There are predators that come sniffing about lonely places of poverty. Only these wolves are men not four-legged ones from the back country. Sophie makes life changing choices to such a yellow-eyed devil, many decisions sealed with her tears and regrets. For her daughter Rosie Day, her path will be to find her way back to her roots, the beautiful bush country, and her homeland through a dramatic trail singed by fire. A spellbinding pathway that touches upon ancient prophesy, echoes of human cries that reach out to the modern world demanding reconciliation. She Who Was Taken is a mystery that will inspire readers of all genres to laugh, cry, fear and then be awed at a life not easily lived. - Chholing Taha
