A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri

The Autobiography of Zarah Petri

Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: John Leigh Walters ISBN: 9781897425428
Publisher: Athabasca University Press Publication: December 1, 2009
Imprint: AU Press Language: English
Author: John Leigh Walters
ISBN: 9781897425428
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Publication: December 1, 2009
Imprint: AU Press
Language: English

Written in his mother’s unique voice, John Leigh Walters pushes the boundaries of memoir in A Very Capable Life, the extraordinary journey of a seemingly ordinary woman.Zarah Petri was a child when her family left Hungary to establish a new life in Canada in the 1920s. With courage and innovation, Zarah and her family survived the Depression?even if it meant breaking the law to do so. In celebrating Zarah Petri, A Very Capable Life pays homage to all “ordinary” women of the early twentieth century who challenged society’s conventions for the sake of survival.

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Written in his mother’s unique voice, John Leigh Walters pushes the boundaries of memoir in A Very Capable Life, the extraordinary journey of a seemingly ordinary woman.Zarah Petri was a child when her family left Hungary to establish a new life in Canada in the 1920s. With courage and innovation, Zarah and her family survived the Depression?even if it meant breaking the law to do so. In celebrating Zarah Petri, A Very Capable Life pays homage to all “ordinary” women of the early twentieth century who challenged society’s conventions for the sake of survival.

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