Johanne Levesque was born in Quebec City, Canada. She had more treasures than she could manage; she had books. Her childhood was a series of events that made her life feel unsafe. Her escape was books. She could be anyone. She could be anywhere. It was so simple, just open a page and read. Her love of reading turned into her love of writing. Her first book, Trouble and Strife, is a Canadian perspective of the Great Depression. This is the sequel following the same family during the Second World War.