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A Very Capable Life

The Autobiography of Zarah Petri
By:John Leigh Walters
Publisher:ACP - Athabasca University Press
Print ISBN:9781897425411
eText ISBN:9781897425428
Edition:0
Copyright:2009
Format:Page Fidelity

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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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