Margaret Laurence (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jean Margaret Laurence, CC (n e Wemyss) (18 July 1926 - 5 January 1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, one the major figures in Canadian literature.Born in Neepawa, Manitoba, Laurence was the daughter of solicitor Robert Wemyss and Verna Jean Simpson. Following the death of her mother when Laurence was four, Margaret Simpson, a maternal aunt, came to take care of the family. A year later, Simpson married her father and in 1933 they had a son, Robert. In 1935, Robert Wemyss Sr. died of pneumonia.