About the Book "Freckles" can be fickle … you either love them or you hate them. As a child, I loathed my freckles because I was teased mercilessly about them. "Turkey Egg," the boys called me. "Turkey Egg!" I was in despair.

In this story, freckles became a metaphor for what we are born into, and how we choose the cope with difficult circumstances.

This story speaks to not only my specific experiences in a certain time and place, but to every girl´s experience in her struggle through adolescence into self understanding.

About the Author Ardith Trudzik was born and raised on a farm near Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, during the Great Depression. Her dad joined the Air Force during World War II, leaving her mother to raise the four children and farm the land under very primitive conditions.

How her family survived and thrived moves this story through Ardith´s high school years to when she makes a bold and daring decision. Was it wisdom or folly? The sequel answers this question.