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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.

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"Zarah's free spirit and sharp intelligence animate the narrative at every turn, making it the kind of story that once begun, a reader is loath to leave unfinished. - Tamara Palmer Seiler, University of Calgary"

A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah

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      Publisher: AU Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9781897425411, 978-1897425411
      ISBN10: 1897425414
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      Biography: general Gender studies: women and girls Migration, immigration and emigration

      Description

      Book 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.

      Trade Review
      "Zarah's free spirit and sharp intelligence animate the narrative at every turn, making it the kind of story that once begun, a reader is loath to leave unfinished. - Tamara Palmer Seiler, University of Calgary"

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