A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri
Written in his mother's unique voice, John Leigh Walters pushes the boundaries of memoir in A Very Capable Life, the extraordinary journey of a seemingly ordinary woman. Zarah Petri was a child when her family left Hungary to establish a new life in Canada in the 1920s. With courage and innovat...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Athabasca University Press
2009
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| Series: | Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | Written in his mother's unique voice, John Leigh Walters pushes the boundaries of memoir in A Very Capable Life, the extraordinary journey of a seemingly ordinary woman. Zarah Petri was a child when her family left Hungary to establish a new life in Canada in the 1920s. With courage and innovation, Zarah and her family survived the Depression-even if it meant breaking the law to do so. In celebrating Zarah Petri, A Very Capable Life pays homage to all "ordinary" women of the early twentieth century who challenged society's conventions for the sake of survival. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (208 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781897425428 9781897425411 |
| Access: | Open Access |