A Very Capable Life
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| File:A Very Capable Life book cover.jpg First edition cover of Canadian release | |
| Author | John Leigh Walters |
|---|---|
| Subject | Immigration |
| Genre | Non-fiction, memoir[1] |
| Publisher | Athabasca University Press |
Publication date | January 1, 2010 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 197 pp. |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri is a non-fiction memoir of his mother by the Canadian television host Johnnie Walters, written under his real name John Leigh Walters and published in January 2010 by Athabasca University Press. It re-tells the stories his mother described to him regarding her immigration to Canada in the 1920s. Walters gives his first person account using humor, and intrigue, to share his mother's expressed regards about her depression era experiences.[2]
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]A Very Capable Life won the 2010 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".[2][3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Goodreads, A Very Capable Life, Book review, Retrieved 11/23/2012
- ^ a b CBC News, October 13, 2010, Immigrant tale wins $10K creative non-fiction prize, Arts & Entertainment, Retrieved 11/23/2012
- ^ Faculty of Arts, October 12, 2010, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2012-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved 11/23/2012
External links
[edit | edit source]- AU Press, A Very Capable Life, Retrieved 11/23/2012
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