Sylvia Barnard’s book ‘Rhubarb, Strawberries and Willows’ centres on deadly 1910 Nairn Centre train derailment
In 2013, after filling the role for nine years, Sylvia Barnard retired as the president of Cambrian College. She has used some of the newfound spare time that came with retirement to devote to one of her passions — writing.
One day, while snowshoeing along the river bank she is unexpectedly hurled a hundred years back in time. With no way to jump forward again, Kate eventually settles into a new life with single father, Claude Dumont, who is living in a log cabin on the same property as Kate’s present-day family home. Barnard said she got the idea for the novel because she used to live on the Spanish River, and noticed old stone piers for a bridge while fishing. A neighbour told her that was the area where the deadly train derailment took place.
Barnard, who left Sudbury following her retirement, eventually settling in the Georgian Bay community of Penetanguishine, said she used to write stories and poetry as a child and teen, and during her career, she had many articles of a professional nature published.
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