Traveling Hopefully

About the Book

Mrs. Henderson was a young bride in a far-off outpost of a vanished British Empire. Now a widow in a pinetreed backwater where no-one knows the customs, foods, or protocol that made up her everyday life, a part of her still lives in a world that disappeared long ago.

Juliet has a message for her family but Muffet has a reason for not wanting to hear it. Paul is a young man from the Prairies. Let go from his job, he finds in a newspaper ad the chance to rebuild his life with an unwanted orchard; but does he know anything about orchards, and will his wife Lindsay stay with him?

In these and the other stories in this collection, step into the private worlds of Mrs. Henderson, Muffet, Paul, and other people as they go about the business of living. Accompany them as they are challenged by – and sometimes challenge – life’s capricious winds. Their journeys are still unfolding, but they may all have this in common: they are traveling hopefully, and for a while, we are able to accompany them.

About the Author

Trish Brooke has lived across Canada from Halifax to Victoria, as well as overseas. Born in South Africa, she attended school in England and Canada. Various work experiences at home and abroad have included being a teacher, waitress, shop clerk and administrator and have given her the opportunity to meet people in a wide variety of settings. These encounters have inspired the fictitious characters who fill her stories.

‘I’ve been lucky enough to live in very different parts of Canada, and I believe we all have this hope in common: we have one chance through life, and if we can, we'd like to make the most of it. I wanted the characters in these stories to reflect that.’

Trish lives in Victoria B.C. and has two sons.