Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Parachute for Ralph From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Richard Doiron recounts the story of Ralph. The chapter discusses his functional illiteracy, difficulties in school, foster care, the Moncton Boys & Girls Club, and his active journey to literacy.	Richard Doiron	5	2009	$0.50 Add
From NEW! A Parade for Fergie From: On Account of Darkness View twp	This chapter focuses on Chatham’s local hero Fergie Jenkins and other Black athletes’ experiences with adversity and racism throughout their athletic careers.	Ian Kennedy	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From A Place Like The Continental From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Elise Chenier tells the story of the Conitental, Toronto’s longest running lesbian bar.	Elise Chenier	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From A Postcard from Germany From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He muses on emigration and escape from Vietnam, and recounts a scam and failed escape attempt.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From NEW! A Rational Human Being From: The Trauma Beat View ECW Press	In this chapter, Cherry narrates her discussion with a fellow crime reporter. They discuss the psychological damage created by a career centred on violence and tragedy. They explore how this …	Tamara Cherry	12	2023	$1.20 Add
From A Reform City Council From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	the 1972 election brought new blood to the city council and Sewell discusses how Larger decision-making bodies often hamper debate, but our council was of a manageable size. The openness and the …	John Sewell	26	2015	$2.60 Add
A Sense of Themselves Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community Fernwood Publishing	This vivid portrayal of the late Elizabeth (Betty) Murray recreates the life and times of one of Nova Scotia’s finest educators and community leaders, a does at the grassroots. It examines …	Carol E. Harris	192	1998	View
From A Socialist Print Shop New York, 1965-72 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis …	Suzanne Berliner Weiss	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From A Special Kind of Evil From: On Love and Tyranny View House of Anansi Press	This chapter concerns Arendt’s flight from Germany, and her arrival in Paris in 1933. It also details some of the history of anti-Semitism in Europe.	Ann Heberlein	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From A squirrel running… From: The Wheel of Things View Formac Publishing		Mollie Gillen	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From NEW! A Strong Wall around Me From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and …	Merilyn Simonds	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Limits From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author describes her writing life in relation to the chronic pain and stiffness of her disease and how, no longer depressed, she has stretched her own limits with opiods, and asks if she can …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Vertigo From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	Through the metaphor and the physical condition of vertigo, the author describes a benign temporary condition of incapacitiating vertigo, an artist’s residency in Venice, and the experience …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Quake From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	As the author describes the upending of her life: the losses of the past months and years: her love, her family, her body, her work, her income, her freedom—treasured friendships, even. she …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Monsters From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Dross From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, dross, the undesirable scum that rises to the top of molten metal and also the residue from previously smoked opium is applied as metaphor to junkies: the unwanted product of …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	17	2021	$1.70 Add