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A Mennonite odyssey
By Rhinehart Friesen. 1988
From a collection of family diaries and letters, Rhinehart Friesen relates the story of his family's struggle to survive as…
pioneers in Manitoba during the late 1800s. After enduring years of personal hardship, the family eventually prospered, and Friesen shows their faith and resilience as they lived through desolate winters, crop failures, and floods. By the time their homes were built and a flour mill was erected, they had developed a strong attachment to their new home, Canada. 1988.A man named Dave: A Story Of Triumph And Forgiveness
By David J Pelzer. 2001
"A Man Named Dave" is the conclusion to Dave Pelzer's trilogy of memoirs. With extraordinary generosity of spirit, Dave takes…
us on his journey confronting his past. In a dramatic reunion he confronts his father and ultimately faces the mother who so brutally abused him. Finally Dave finds the courage to break the chains of the past and learn to love, trust and live for the future. Sequel to "The lost boy" (DC37135). Strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2001.A life in the bush: lessons from my father
By Roy MacGregor. 2000
Canadian journalist and sports author Roy MacGregor offers a heartfelt memoir of his eccentric father. In 1929, Duncan MacGregor found…
his way into Algonquin Park, and until his death at age 72, he lived as one with its flora and fauna. This biography describes what living in the woods was like for father and son, including descriptions of fishing and saving trees, isolation by choice, the love of nature and the power of the Canadian bush. Some strong language.A family place: a man discovers a new center to his life in Canada
By Charles Gaines. 1995
Writer Charles Gaines and his wife Patricia had once before healed their marriage by travelling to Nova Scotia and temporarily…
escaping their fast-paced lives. When the relationship again hits troubled times, Charles and Patricia purchase a remote parcel of Nova Scotia land and call upon their now-grown children to help them build a cabin and rebuild the family in this "last best place." Some strong language. 1995.A house of trees: Memoirs Of An Australian Childhood
By Joan Colebrook. 1987
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
By Dave Eggers. 2000
Dave's parents died from cancer within a month of each other when he was 21 and his brother Christopher was…
seven. They left the Chicago suburb where they had grown up and moved to San Francisco. This book tells the story of their life together. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.A fort of nine towers: an Afghan family story
By Qais Akbar Omar. 2013
Qais Akbar Omar was born in Kabul in a time of relative peace. Until he was 7, he lived with…
his well-to-do parents in the spacious, garden-filled compound his grandfather had built. Noisy with the laughter of his cousins, home was the idyllic centre of their quiet, comfortable life. But in the wake of the Russian withdrawal and the bloody civil conflict that erupted, his family was forced to flee and take refuge in the legendary Fort of Nine Towers, a centuries-old palace in the hills on the far side of Kabul. On a perilous trip home, Omar and his father were kidnapped, narrowly escaping, and the family fled again, his parents leading their six children on a remarkable, sometimes wondrous journey. 2013.A buzzard is my best friend
By Margaret Anne Barnes. 1981