This book is a collection of short stories that depict events in Author's life while she lived in Romania, then in Greece, and last in America. It's a beautiful and very sincere account of a young woman's life and comming to age.
Biographer who has published two books about war veterans, primarily aviators, who served in WWI and WWII.
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A military brat who grew up in the world of aircraft and ships; a harbour rat with a romantic heart; a dreamer about flight who had all his dreams come true, and then some. A searcher for the story behind the story which, of course, is always the best kind. A believer in the old adage, ``there is no history, only biography.`` A favourite quote from Robert Louis Stevenson: Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
Birth Place
St John`s, Canada
Accomplishments
The Globe & Mail Notable Book of the Year (1997); 16 weeks on The National Post non-fiction, hard-covered best seller list (2005);McWilliams Medal of the Manitoba Historical Society (1998); Canada Council for the Arts grants (2001 and 2008)
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