Welcome to Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs with a Winnipeg Twist

Former Winnipeg journalist Sandi Krawchenko Altner has researched and written a wonderful Winnipeg-warts-and-all historical romance set mostly in the early 1900s. It’s a brash, two-faced Winnipeg. But still a recognizable one.

— Winnipeg Free Press

  • Winner of the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award

  • A Winnipeg Free Press Best Book

  • Recommended by National Geographic Magazine
    as What to Read Before You Visit Winnipeg

What people are saying.

"Ravenscraig is superb. It is a book that almost seems to have been written specially for me. Involving immigrants who resemble what my great-grandparents were like, and reflecting the attitude and hope that I have in life. Ravenscraig will be to Manitoba what Anne of Green Gables is to Prince Edward Island.”

Louis Kessler, past president Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada

“A wonderful story. Well written and very moving. It brought tears to my eyes.”

Lee Jameson, former CTV anchor