Biography & Autobiography, Survival
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How I've Wept
by M.C.M. Yeung
M. Yeung grew up in the foster system. From birth to the age of 18, she carved a life for herself in difficult, often hostile circumstances. This memoir chronicles those painful years and the impact of trauma, abuse, and abandonment. A...
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Cardboard & Cigarettes
Based on the true story of a young immigrant girl by Eelkje VanderMeulen-Smart
No ordinary childhood of a young immigrant girl growing up in Alberta, Canada, rolls out fast, exciting, colourful and authentic. The astonishing thing is life was really like that. Left alone in a tiny, dark closet, with only a cardboard box, I...
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The Age of the Individual and my Life and Times in It
C'est la Vie! by Frank Veszely
Why read this book? It’s not to learn about a unique life. Not to know what it is like to be an immigrant in Canada. Not what it is like to live with a heart disease and survive. Not to learn about the consequences of traumatic brain injury. Not...
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Faith, Belief and Infinite Possibilities
by Andrea Thomas
FAITH, BELIEF, AND INFINITE POSSIBILITIES is a deeply personal memoir that takes readers on an exploration of the author's life. With an unwavering belief in the infinite possibilities that lie before us, the author invites readers to join her on...
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My Invisible Scars
by Willa-Mae E. Scot
Like the best of memoir writing, My Invisible Scars is alternately brutally honest, sad, triumphant, tense, motivating, uncomfortable, and unforgettable. Relying on journals that she has kept since childhood, Canadian author Willa-Mae E. Scot...
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Surviving Magnelia Monsoon
Beyond 1215 and the Bottle by Maggie Jansen
The seeds of alcoholism are often planted deep in the shadows of childhood, growing silently and unnoticed until it inevitably blooms into an active problem that can derail and destroy lives, careers, and families. Surviving Magnelia Monsoon:...
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Don't Ever Call Me Mother
Homeless In My Own Home by Helen Martin
The first six years of Helen Martin’s life, living on a Saskatchewan farm in the 1950s, were idyllic. But everything changed when her mother passed away. The sudden and inexplicable cruelty and neglect that Helen endured at the hands of her...
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Some Days Will Change Your Life by Anita J. Bramer
All her life, Anita Bramer was looking for answers. After the death of her father at age ten, she struggled to understand the difficult emotions associated with grief. This devastating loss created a ripple effect on the rest of her life, as she...
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Not My Kind of Mennonite
by Maria Moore
On a cold and snowy night in January 1972, George Peters was shot by his brother-in-law and left to die on a back road in rural Ontario. The investigation and trial of his murder would tell a story that compelled a jury to let his killer walk...
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A Broken and Crushed Heart Restored
Surviving in a Dysfunctional Home by Helene M DeWitt
I was raised to be fearful; and then rejected for being fearful plus I have Tourette syndrome; I was made to believe I was a complete failure no matter which way I went. A Broken and Crushed Heart Restored follows Helene M DeWitt’s recovery from...
