Kathy Dobson: 2 books
Punching and Kicking
Leaving Canada's Toughest Neighbourhood
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
People don’t ever leave The Point, even if they move far away. Or at least, that’s how it seems to journalist Kathy Dobson. Growing up in Point St. Charles, an industrial slum in Montreal, she sees how people get trapped in the neighbourhood. Dobson shares her journey of trying to escape what...
With a Closed Fist
Growing Up in Canada's Toughest Neighbouhood
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In the Point St. Charles of the author’s childhood people move for one of two reasons: their apartment is on fire, or the rent is due. Starting in 1968, eight-year-old Kathy Dobson shares her early years growing up in Point St. Charles, an industrial slum in Montreal (now in the process of gentrification)....