After the disaster of missing the only train to Marysville, Anne offers her assistance to a mailwoman known as Nellie Parkhurst in exchange for a ride for herself and the Thomas family to their grandmother’s estate. Nellie earns her living in a man’s world and possesses an independent spirit that resonates immediately with Anne. They  become instant friends.

When Anne is initially unwelcome at the Thomas household, Nellie helps her find refuge with the workers in a local cider mill. After Anne is allowed to return to the Thomas home she continues to confide in Nellie, eventually realizing that Nellie is involved with father and the millworkers’ attempt to seize control of the Lumber Mill from Amelia Thomas. When tragedy destroys the Thomas Estate, Anne is left behind and Nellie helps her find refuge again; this time with Nellie’s friends the Hammonds who own a lumber operation in Nova Scotia.

With a long-running career in the entertainment industry, Kyra Harper has appeared in many film Of Murder and Memory directed by David Wellington; Swan; To Die For and in Weapon by John Stead. She has guested on many T.V. movies and series, including The Dresden Files; Eye of the Beast; Martha Behind Bars; Darcy’s Wild Life; This is Wonderland; The Eleventh Hour; Wonderfalls; Baby; Forget Me Never; Johnny; Gracie’s Choice; and Seasons of Love.

On Radio Kyra played the title role in the CBC Radio series ‘Peggy Delaney’.

Her resume also includes several theatre productions. This fall she will be playing in Medea directed by Miles Potter for MTC as well as at the Cannon Theatre in Toronto for the Mirvishes. Kyra recently performed at The Toronto Fringe Festival in The Swearing Jar by Kate Hewlett. She is a member of Actors Repertory Company that produced the Dora nominated 36 Views in 2007 in which she performed. She also played Queen Elizabeth in Elizabeth Rex for A.C.T. in Brampton; Ana in Sarah Ruhl’s brilliant play The Clean House at Calgary’s ATP; and was nominated for a Dora Award in the original production of Tom Walmsley’s Blood for the Factory Theatre.

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