Margaret Laurence

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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1966
  • Latest Book:
    September 2011
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Book List in Order: 12 titles

  • A Jest of God

    In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rachel Cameron, a woman struggling to come to terms with love, with death, with herself and her world.Trapped in a milieu of deceit and pettiness â€" her ...

  • The Fire Dwellers

    Stacey MacAindra burns â€" to burst through the shadows of her existence to a richer life, to recover some of the passion she can only dimly remember from her past.The Fire-Dwellers is an extraordinary novel about a woman who has four children, a har...

  • A Bird in the House: Stories

    One of Canada’s most accomplished authors combines the best qualities of both the short story and the novel to create a lyrical evocation of the beauty, pain, and wonder of growing up.In eight interconnected, finely wrought stories, Margaret Lauren...

  • The Diviners

    In The Diviners, Morag Gunn, a middle aged writer who lives in a farmhouse on the Canadian prairie, struggles to understand the loneliness of her eighteen-year-old daughter. With unusual wit and depth, Morag recognizes that she needs solitude and wor...

  • A Tree for Poverty

    Originally published in a small edition in 1954, A Tree for Poverty was Margaret Laurence's first published book. In this new edition, Laurence's collection of Somali poems and stories is accompanied with a discussion of her life in Africa, and he...

  • The Stone Angel

    The film adaptation of Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel, starring acclaimed actresses Ellen Burstyn and Ellen Page, and introducing Christine Horne, opens in theatres May 9, 2008. This special fortieth-anniversary edition of Margaret Laurence’...

  • The Olden Days Coat

    Truly a classic by one of Canada’s finest authors

    Ten-year-old Sal is disappointed when she and her parents spend Christmas at her grandmother’s house, instead of at home, like they did before Grandpa died. In order to pass the time, Sal e...

  • The Tomorrow-Tamer

    The ten stories gathered together in The Tomorrow-Tamer are Margaret Laurence’s first published fiction. Set in raucous and often terrifying Ghana, where shiny Jaguars and modern jazz jostle for eminence against fetish figures, tribal rites, and th...

  • This Side Jordan

    In 1957, the British colony of the Gold Coast broke free to become the independent nation of Ghana. Margaret Laurence’s first novel, This Side Jordan, recreates that colour-drenched world: a place where men and women struggle with self-betrayal, se...



  • The Prophet's Camel Bell

    When Margaret Laurence set out for Somaliland with her engineer husband in 1950, she confronted the difficulty of communication between peoples of vastly different cultures. Yet she came to know the skilled orators, poets and craftsmen of the country...

  • Six Darn Cows

    "Those darn cows!" said Tod. "I wish they'd just get lost!" But when the cows do get lost, it's up to Tod Bean, his sister Jen Bean, and their black dog Zip to find them and bring them home. Tod and Jen learn that on a farm, everyone helps. Short cha...

  • New Wind in a Dry Land

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Margaret Laurence has published 12 books.

Margaret Laurence does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Six Darn Cows, was published in September 2011.

The first book by Margaret Laurence, A Jest of God, was published in June 1966.

No. Margaret Laurence does not write books in series.
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