A Very Capable Life

A Very Capable Life The Autobiography of Zarah Petri - Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

Zarah Petri was just a little girl when her family left Hungary to finda new life in Canada in the 1920s. She showed spunk and a greatimagination that would serve her well as a new immigrant and youngmarried woman. Zarah and her family lived through the Depression, andshe learned to make ends meet in any way she could, even bending thelaw if necessary. Her son John writes this touching memoir, told in thefirst person, in Zarah's own unique voice. Her remembrances aresometimes funny, sometimes sad but always entertaining.

Book information

ISBN: 9781897425411
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Imprint: AU Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 260g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 15mm