Memoir & Biography

Farley: The Life of Farley Mowat

The soundtrack to James King’s moving portrait of our own diminutive colossus, Farley Mowat, would have to be Neil Young’s “Old Man.” King identifies the key relationship in Mowat’s life as that with his difficult, ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Really Scary Gifts of Shiva

By John Scott with Ann MacDonald

Readers tend to forgive memoir writers the indulgence of scripting their lives as coherent narratives connected by subtle transitions and dramatic plot points, but only so long as their stories are compelling. There is no ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Pelee Project: One Woman’s Escape from Urban Madness

By Jane Christmas

A near-fatal car crash served as a wake-up call for Jane Christmas, then an editor at The National Post, a twice-divorced single mother of three, and a long-distance commuter. Her life had been a crushing ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Little White Squaw: A White Woman’s Story of Abuse, Addiction, and Reconciliation

By Eve Mills Nash and Kenneth J. Harvey

Eve Nash is 52. Her story is of an unrelenting existence “in a land of immeasurable blackness and defeat” in and around Haneytown, New Brunswick. Existing in the “limbo between the aboriginal and white cultures,” ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Flint & Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake

By Charlotte Gray

Pauline Johnson’s poetry is often viewed today as sentimental and derivative, loping along to a dum-ti-dum-ti-dum beat long out of style. But don’t let Johnson’s fall from fashion keep you from reading Charlotte Gray’s biography ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Mike’s World: The Life of Mike Myers

By Martin Knelman

Mike Myers has achieved massive success with his Austin Powers and Wayne’s World franchises, and in this quickie biography Martin Knelman feels compelled to pump up the significance of his already famous subject. How else ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Glenn Gould: A Life in Pictures

By Tim Page

Music critic Tim Page, who shared many an inspired late-night phone call with reclusive pianist Glenn Gould, describes a curious reaction to watching the Canadian–made film 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould. Though he enjoyed ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Book of Letters: 150 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence

By Paul and Audrey Grescoe

“Is there anything uniquely Canadian about Canadian correspondence?” ask Paul and Audrey Grescoe in the introduction to this English-language compilation of private Canadian letters. Their answer is a refreshingly realistic “yes and no.” The Grescoes ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Playing Through: A Year of Life and Links Along the Scottish Coast

By Curtis Gillespie

To serious golfers, as well as to all those who watched Tiger Woods flounder at the British Open on television earlier in the summer, Scotland occupies a special place in the game. One of the ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Passages: Welcome Home to Canada

By Rudyard Griffiths, ed.

What binds Canada together as a country in the 21st century? In our post-modern age, shaping characteristics such as history, tradition, and the land seem to count for little. The principle trait that unites the ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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Farley: The Life of Farley Mowat

The Really Scary Gifts of Shiva

The Pelee Project: One Woman’s Escape from Urban Madness

Little White Squaw: A White Woman’s Story of Abuse, Addiction, and Reconciliation

Flint & Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake

Mike’s World: The Life of Mike Myers

Glenn Gould: A Life in Pictures

The Book of Letters: 150 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence

Playing Through: A Year of Life and Links Along the Scottish Coast

Passages: Welcome Home to Canada

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