Nellie – An Imagined History

by Tricia Snell

Synopsis

On the Liverpool docks in 1885, eleven-year-old Nellie says goodbye to her mother forever. She’s bound for Quebec, Canada on the SS Circassian, along with seventy-two other destitute “British Home Children.” Historical fiction inspired by the author’s grandmother, Nellie: An Imagined History is written in the sharp, hopeful voice of Nellie as she crosses the Atlantic and takes her first steps in a land both harsh and wondrous.

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Cover design and illlustrations by Dave Clingan

Book design by Berdene Owen

Tricia Snell is a writer and flutist. Publishing highlights include Rooted (poetry chapbook, Little Books Collective, 2023); “Out to the Horses,” longlisted for the 2019 CBC Short Story Award and published in Room Magazine; and “A Glass of Vodka,” included in the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project/NPR show The Sound of Writing and published in the Grove Review. Tricia teaches writing and literature from her studio in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Website: www.triciasnell.com Facebook: /TriciaSnellWrites