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Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss; 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian author. A [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.

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Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss; 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian author. A [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.
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Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss; 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian author. A [[SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.

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Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss; 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian author. A [[SchoolStudyMedia [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.
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* ''Literature/TheStoneAngel'': A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and Creator/ElliotPage.
* ''Literature/{{The Diviners|1974}}'': A 1974 novel about a writer and her various relationships. Made into a [[FilmOfThebook movie]].

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* ''Literature/TheStoneAngel'': A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook [[TheFilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and Creator/ElliotPage.
* ''Literature/{{The Diviners|1974}}'': A 1974 novel about a writer and her various relationships. Made into a [[FilmOfThebook [[TheFilmOfThebook movie]].
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* Literature/TheStoneAngel : A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and Creator/ElliotPage.
* Literature/TheDiviners1974 : A 1974 novel about a writer and her various relationships. Made into a [[FilmOfThebook movie]].
* Literature/AJestOfGod : A 1966 novel about a school teacher who has an affair. Made into the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film]] ''Film/RachelRachel''.
* Literature/ABirdInTheHouse : A 1970 collection of short stories.

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* Literature/TheStoneAngel : ''Literature/TheStoneAngel'': A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and Creator/ElliotPage.
* Literature/TheDiviners1974 : ''Literature/{{The Diviners|1974}}'': A 1974 novel about a writer and her various relationships. Made into a [[FilmOfThebook movie]].
* Literature/AJestOfGod : ''Literature/AJestOfGod'': A 1966 novel about a school teacher who has an affair. Made into the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film]] ''Film/RachelRachel''.
* Literature/ABirdInTheHouse : ''Literature/ABirdInTheHouse'': A 1970 collection of short stories.


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Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss, 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian author. A [[SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.

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Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss, Wemyss; 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian author. A [[SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.
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* Literature/TheStoneAngel : A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and Creator/EllenPage.

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* Literature/TheStoneAngel : A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and Creator/EllenPage.Creator/ElliotPage.
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Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) was a Canadian author. A [[SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.

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Jean Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) (née Wemyss, 18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian author. A [[SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.
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* TeacherStudentRomance / MayDecemberRomance : Morag [[spoiler: marries her first-year literature professor]].

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* TeacherStudentRomance / MayDecemberRomance : Morag [[spoiler: marries her first-year literature professor]].
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* TheGreatDepression : Part of the setting for both TheDiviners1974 and TheStoneAngel.

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* TheGreatDepression : Part of the setting for both TheDiviners1974 Literature/TheDiviners1974 and TheStoneAngel.Literature/TheStoneAngel.
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Some tropes associated with Mrs. Laurence's work include:

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* Literature/ABirdInTheHand : A 1970 collection of short stories.

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* Literature/ABirdInTheHand Literature/ABirdInTheHouse : A 1970 collection of short stories.


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* ADogNamedDog : The grandmother doesn't believe in naming pets, so she calls the titular canary "Bird," in ''Literature/ABirdInTheHouse''.
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* Literature/AJestOfGod : A 1966 novel about a school teacher who has an affair. Made into the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film]] Film/RachelRachel.

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* Literature/AJestOfGod : A 1966 novel about a school teacher who has an affair. Made into the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film]] Film/RachelRachel.''Film/RachelRachel''.
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* Literature/TheStoneAngel : A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and EllenPage.

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* Literature/TheStoneAngel : A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and EllenPage.Creator/EllenPage.
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Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) was a Canadian author. A mainstay of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.

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Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) was a Canadian author. A mainstay [[SchoolStudyMedia mainstay]] of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.
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* MoralGuardians / ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch : Her novels were frequently banned for their sexual themes and "blasphemous" content.

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* MoralGuardians / ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch : MoralGuardians: Her novels were frequently banned for their sexual themes and "blasphemous" content.
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* Literature/AJestOfGod : A 1966 novel about a school teacher who has an affair.

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* Literature/AJestOfGod : A 1966 novel about a school teacher who has an affair. Made into the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film]] Film/RachelRachel.
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed : Manawaka is a fictional town, based on her home town of Neepawa, Manitoba. Also the town

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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed : Manawaka is a fictional town, based on her home town of Neepawa, Manitoba. Also the town Morag moves to in the last arc is based on Lakefield, Ontario, where the author lived out the last few years of her life.
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* TeacherStudentRomance / MayDecemberRomance : Morag [[spoiler: marries her first-year literature professor]].
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* DisappearedDad / ParentalAbandonment : A common theme. Morag is an orphan who grows up to be a single parent. Rachel's mother is a widow. Hagar's father disowns her.

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* DisappearedDad / ParentalAbandonment : A common theme. Morag is an orphan who grows up to be a single parent. Jules Tonnere is raised by his father. Rachel's mother is a widow. Hagar's father disowns her. her and she has strained relationships with her sons. And so on.

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All of the above works are part of Laurence's "Manawaka cycle," set in the fictional small town of Manawaka, Manitoba, an Expy of Laurence's own hometown of Neepawa.


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All of the above works are part of Laurence's "Manawaka cycle," set in the fictional small town of Manawaka, Manitoba, an Expy of Laurence's own hometown of Neepawa.Manitoba.

Some tropes associated with Mrs. Laurence's work include:

* DisappearedDad / ParentalAbandonment : A common theme. Morag is an orphan who grows up to be a single parent. Rachel's mother is a widow. Hagar's father disowns her.
* MagicalNativeAmerican : Averted with the Tonnere family. They live in a tarpaper shack at the edge of town and are portrayed realistically, if tragically.
* MoralGuardians / ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch : Her novels were frequently banned for their sexual themes and "blasphemous" content.
* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed : Manawaka is a fictional town, based on her home town of Neepawa, Manitoba. Also the town
* SmallTowns : Manawaka, obviously, a DyingTown whose residents (especially the younger ones) suffer from SmallTownBoredom, at best. At worst, Manawaka is DysfunctionJunction.
* TheGreatDepression : Part of the setting for both TheDiviners1974 and TheStoneAngel.


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Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) was a Canadian author. A mainstay of Canadian high school and university classes, her work won two Governor General's Awards and she held the Order of Canada.

Some of her well-known works include:

* Literature/TheStoneAngel : A 1964 novel about an elderly woman in a nursing home, looking back at her life. Made into a [[FilmOfTheBook movie]] starring EllenBurstyn and EllenPage.
* Literature/TheDiviners1974 : A 1974 novel about a writer and her various relationships. Made into a [[FilmOfThebook movie]].
* Literature/AJestOfGod : A 1966 novel about a school teacher who has an affair.
* Literature/ABirdInTheHand : A 1970 collection of short stories.

All of the above works are part of Laurence's "Manawaka cycle," set in the fictional small town of Manawaka, Manitoba, an Expy of Laurence's own hometown of Neepawa.

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