About the Author
Kay Jordan resides on Vancouver Island, British Columbia with her husband and three children. She has a passion to connect young people with local history through fiction. Through the Gate is her debut novel.
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WINNER OF THE WISHING SHELF
BOOK AWARDS 2020
"...I felt myself as part of the book... I appreciated the historical details, the humour, the genuine thought
and emotions presented... and just the way the author
blended the characters’ stories together..."
Amazon Reviewer (5 stars)
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"Lovely story! Kay Jordan's writing makes it easy
to get caught up with the characters and feel like
you're right there in the castle with them..."
Amazon Reviewer (5 stars)
About the Book
“This uniform is one of my many costumes -
a temporary role in the grand scheme of life.” - Elsie
Fifteen-year-old Elsie stumbles onto the scene at her new job—serving the affluent Dunsmuir family in Craigdarroch Castle alongside her widowed mother. Her mother feels honoured sharing in this opportunity while Elsie feels her future has never been so bleak. She wants nothing to do with the family who own the mines where an explosion took her father’s life a couple years earlier. But if she gets dismissed from this job, so will her mother.
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Feeling trapped in her new life, Elsie determines to forge a new path away from the castle. She uncovers a hidden talent for acting that catapults her to the forefront of the family's parties. But away from all the parties, Elsie discovers an audience of one with a Chinese servant that threatens the grand idea she has for her future.
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Come along as Canada’s West Coast history comes alive in this classic, fun, coming-of-age story.