The background setting of The Stranger relates to Eleanor?s passionate love of Nature where she resides in a small, rural Manitoba town bordered by spacious woods. She acquired a love for writing at an early age. Threaded throughout the story, both the wildlife of Nature and domestic element of pets, has been a strengthening fortitude personally, and within her fictional characters. Eleanor also published her first, non-fiction book, A Patience Beloved, writing a story about her beloved female cat, Patience. As well, she has published several short stories and poems throughout the years, which have been published in American Poetry Anthologies, and local papers. The Stranger has been a personal triumph to God?s goodness through a difficult test of faith, knowing His love and strength is always present.