Biography & Autobiography, Women
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Daughter of an Unknown Soldier
by Janet Gordon
During World War II, many babies are born in Canada and abroad. One such war baby, Janet, comes into the world at the Salvation Army hospital in 1944 and is given over to the care of the Children’s Aid Society until finding a loving, permanent ...
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Crossing Troubled Waters
The Memoir of an English War Widow by Elayne Grant Archer
It has taken three years since my husband was killed in active service for me to get back to normal—or as normal as one can expect to be when the entire pattern of one’s life has been changed, and new threads have to be woven into a different ...
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Lady with the Iron Ring
An Engineer’s Memoir of Hope, Luck and Success by Nattalia Lea
In 1978, Nattalia Lea became the first woman to graduate from the University of British Columbia with a bio-resources engineering degree – an era when less than 0.5% of Canadian professional engineers were female. Then 26 years later, in 2004, after ...
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The Essence of Time
Farming in Alberta and Saskatchewan by Pat Weisgerber
Pat and Toms electrifying first encounter, falling in love. That love affair that sparked behind the scenes was relatively short lived but was a turning point from being a shy quiet girl to running a business herself. Their lives criss- crossed ...
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A Tremor Through Time
Recollections from a Northern Ontario Childhood by Michelle Contant
Tragic Coincidence A baby dies in a car accident on the way to a memorial mass, fifteen years to the day after the mining accident that took the life of his grandfather. This tragic coincidence set the stage for the author’s birth a year later. A ...
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She Who Wears Moccasins and Carries A Big Stick
If I I Told You Would You Believe Me by Candace Dawn Hill-Trevena
My father calls and tells me I have a name for you—"She Who Wears Moccasins and Carries a Big Stick" to which I reply what does that mean and he replies—"the moccasins represents your traditional spiritual walk and the big stick is symbolized by ...
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Farmwives in Profile
17 Women: 17 candid questions about their lives Photos & Recipes by Billi J Miller
When Billi married her husband, a 4th generation Canadian farmer, she quickly discovered there were very little photographs of their rich, 100-year farming heritage. As a writer + photographer, she felt called to do something about it. Since ...
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Unwinding Graves
by L.E. Moody
At just over four pounds at birth, and hovering near a hundred pounds as a young adult, all her life Laurie was tiny yet fierce. Growing up in a large family, often without a fixed address, childhood was an adventure for Laurie. With no choice but ...
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The Unwanted Twins
God is always watching by Heidi L. Kline
As a child, Heidi Kline endured unfathomable physical and sexual abuse at the hands of almost everyone she ever trusted. She and her twin sister, Holly, were labelled "The Unwanted Twins" by their entire family and spent their early years feeling ...
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Forget the Bitch, Get Rich
by Delia Annmargaret
Forget the Bitch, Get Rich tells the riveting and powerful story of Delia Annmargaret. Delia shares her powerful story of how she deals with betrayal—and the bitch she blames for her cruel twist of fate—she is tormented with thoughts of ...
