Far from Home

“Sunshine Coast author Ruth Rodgers (left) uncovers the forgotten history of 100,000 British “home children” in her new historical novel, Far From Home. FULL STORY

Bonnie McGhie

April 15th, 2024

In 1954, a young California woman, Bonnie McGhie went to the North seeking to escape conventional gender norms. She married a Canadian bush pilot and moved to Inuvik, at the time a new settlement. Housing was in short supply but they made a life for themselves in the remote, inhospitable Canadian Arctic. McGhie recalls her adventures and misadventures in Hard Landings: Chasing a Dream in Canada’s Changing Arctic (self-published $24.99) as she became a co-owner of a charter flying service and a fur trading company in the early 1960s. Later she moved to BC, where she now lives in Chilliwack. 9781738795000

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