Dora Dueck -- Book Launch

This Hidden Thing (CMU Press)

This Hidden Thing follows the fortunes of Maria Klassen, from a young immigrant living in Winnipeg during the early part of the twentieth century through to adulthood. Trying to meet the challenges of “working out” with a prosperous family, Maria finds her heart’s purest desires in tension with domestic service and the demands of family and church.

Dora Dueck is the author of the novel Under the Still Standing Sun and co-editor of Northern Lights: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Writing in Canada. Her stories have been read on CBC Radio and published in journals such as Room, Prairie Fire, Rhubarb, Festival Quarterly, and Journal of Mennonite Studies. She lives in Winnipeg.