A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri Contributor(s): Walters, John Leigh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897425414 ISBN-13: 9781897425411 Publisher: Athabasca University Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
Dewey: B |
Series: Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Zarah Petri was just a little girl when her family left Hungary to find a new life in Canada in the 1920s. She showed spunk and a great imagination that would serve her well as a new immigrant and young married woman. Zarah and her family lived through the Depression, and she learned to make ends meet in any way she could, even bending the law if necessary. Her son John writes this touching memoir, told in the first person, in Zarah's own unique voice. Her remembrances are sometimes funny, sometimes sad but always entertaining. |