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The Kid from Simcoe Street: A Memoir and Poems
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Artikel-Nr:
9781550962604
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.06.2012
Seiten:
296
Autor:
James Clarke
Gewicht:
363 g
Format:
213x140x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
James Clarke is the author of Dreamworks, Forced Passage, How to Bribe a Judge, L'Arche Journal, A Mourner's Kaddish, The Raggedy Parade, Silver Mercies, and The Way Everyone is Inside. He is a former Superior Court judge and his judgments have been published extensively in legal journals. He lives in Guelph, Ontario. Roy McMurtry (Introduction) is a former Ontario chief justice, attorney general, and Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
In this frank and moving memoir, the author recalls growing up in a poor and alcohol-ridden neighbourhood of a small city before and during World War II. Following his experiences after the war, the narrative relates the shattering of his mother's dreams and his own inability to bridge the gulf between himself and his alcoholic father. The account reveals how the protagonist never permitted his rocky beginnings to affect his hope for the future, portraying his journey to becoming a judge of the Superior Court of Ontario.