Book Launch
Sissiboo Cafe 262 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal, NS, CanadaA Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia is a book recently published by SSP Publications of Halifax. Written by sociologist and former single mom on social assistance, Brenda Thompson, A Wholesome Horror tells the history of the 32+ poor houses that existed in Nova Scotia. Some did not close until the 1970s. Come and...Read more >
