Memoir & Biography

In the Shadow of Silence: From Hitler Youth to Allied Internment: A Young Woman’s Story of Truth and Denial

It is difficult to feel sympathy for someone who voluntarily became a Nazi spy, expected to rat on neighbours, schoolmates, and priests, possibly resulting in their imprisonment or worse. But what if the position was ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Eloise: Letters to a Lost Child

By Loise Lavallee

There’s something about the experience of grieving that memoirs capture particularly well. Perhaps because grief is so little understood, so socially difficult, and because it can take such a surprisingly long time to overcome, the ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A Promise of Salt

By Lorie Miseck

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family’s Experience Living in a Haunted House

By Dorah L. Williams

She’s no Stephen King. And she’s no John Robert Colombo (author of a series of books about haunted Ontario). Yet this chilling memoir by Dorah Williams, an ordinary housewife and mother of three, still manages ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Exact Fare Only 2

By Ian Cockfield

In a rare instance of form following function in the book world, Exact Fare Only 2 seems designed for the express purpose of being read on the subway, streetcar, or bus. Editor Ian Cockfield has ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

On Six Continents: A Life in Canada’s Foreign Service 1966-2002

By James K. Bartleman

If there are any kinds of hazards, mishaps, prickly encounters, or bizarre turns of event that James Bartleman did not encounter during his 35-year career in Canada’s foreign service, it’s difficult to imagine what they ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

A Richer Dust: Family, Memory and the Second World War

By Robert Calder

Given the vagaries of memory and historical record, there are bound to be gaps in any family history. For those with the resources and faculty, many of these gaps can be filled. Robert Calder, an ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

The Devil is Clever: A Memoir of My Romanian Mother

By Kenneth Radu

Kenneth Radu’s poetic manipulation of fact starts with the title of his disturbing memoir. Though she spoke more Romanian than English throughout her life, Annie Corches was born near Fort Qu’Appelle, in Canada’s oldest Romanian ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Biker Who Shot Me: Recollections of a Crime Reporter

By Michel Auger, Jean-Paul Murray , trans.

In September 2000, veteran reporter Michel Auger was shot six times in the parking lot of Le Journal de Montréal. Many English-speaking Canadians, unfamiliar with Auger’s work in the French-language newspaper, discovered that the reporter ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Conversations with an Eagle: The Story of a Remarkable Relationship

By Brenda Cox

In a way, the title of this book is a misnomer, since most of the conversations author Brenda Cox has in this engaging memoir are with herself. Cox’s life is transformed by her eight-year relationship ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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In the Shadow of Silence: From Hitler Youth to Allied Internment: A Young Woman’s Story of Truth and Denial

Eloise: Letters to a Lost Child

A Promise of Salt

Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family’s Experience Living in a Haunted House

Exact Fare Only 2

On Six Continents: A Life in Canada’s Foreign Service 1966-2002

A Richer Dust: Family, Memory and the Second World War

The Devil is Clever: A Memoir of My Romanian Mother

The Biker Who Shot Me: Recollections of a Crime Reporter

Conversations with an Eagle: The Story of a Remarkable Relationship

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