@inbook{10.3138/9781442680302.9,
 ISBN = {9780802071996},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442680302.9},
 abstract = {The 1860s were difficult years for Susanna Moodie. Early in the decade, disappointment and bitterness accompanied her husband’s resignation as sheriff of Hastings County. The letters she wrote after this event frequently mention illnesses, the frailties of old age, tensions in family relationships, and the constant threat of poverty, reflecting her response to much changed circumstances. But, characteristically, her moods varied considerably. There is a feeling, too, of returning strength, energy, even a certainjoie de vivre, particularly beginning in the fall of 1866. It is almost as if Susanna needed to feel the full weight of defeat, loss, and},
 booktitle = {Susanna Moodie: Letters of a Lifetime},
 pages = {195--254},
 publisher = {University of Toronto Press},
 title = {1863-1869: ‘The frowns of an untoward fortune’},
 year = {1985}
}