Celebrated author Thomas King of Guelph, Ont., is this year’s winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. King, who is of Greek and Cherokee descent, was awarded the $15,000 prize Friday for his anti-travelogue, “Indians on Vacation.” From HarperCollins Publishers, the title follows a Canadian couple on a peripatetic mission across Europe to […]
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Thomas King has some mixed emotions over the fact he has once again been nominated for a prestigious prize. King, of Cherokee/Greek ancestry and who now lives in Guelph, Ont., is a . . .
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Books make great gifts. From history to fantasy and everything in between, here are some suggestions for your mom on Mother s Day.
If your mother likes mother/daughter stories, try
My Mother s Daughter is a memoir by Canadian Olympian Perdita Felicien.(Martin Brown, Doubleday Canada)
Perdita Felicien s mom Catherine was a poor young woman in St. Lucia when she was given a seemingly random, but ultimately life-changing, opportunity: to come to Canada with a wealthy white family and become their nanny. But when she gets to Canada, life is tougher than she expected, as she endures poverty, domestic violence and even homelessness. However, she still encouraged and supported her youngest daughter s athletic dreams. Felicien would go on to be a world-class hurdler and one of Canada s greatest track athletes.