A Very Capable Life
208 pages, 5 1/2 x 8
b&w photos and illustrations
Paperback
Release Date:01 Dec 2009
ISBN:9781897425411
A Very Capable Life
The Autobiography of Zarah Petri
SERIES:
Athabasca University Press
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.
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.
Awards
- 2010, Winner - Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction
Zarah’s free spirit and sharp intelligence animate the narrative at every turn, making it the kind of story that once begun, a reader is loath to leave unfinished.
John Leigh Walters has spent much of his life writing,producing, and hosting television programs in both Canada and theUnited States.
