{"product_id":"2940157012113","title":"A Canadian Childhood","description":"Carolyn D. Redl's memoir of growing up on a northern Saskatchewan farm in the 1940s and '50s captures, in the vivid memories of one girl, a way of life that is a vital part of Canada's social history. But it is much more than a recollection of rural life. A Canadian Childhood is, above all, a beautifully realized coming-of-age story, the story of a girl with an adventurous and restless spirit in an era when women's roles were just starting to become less restricted.\u003cbr\u003eAlongside the colourful details of everyday life--skiing to school, collecting magpie eggs for bounty, going \"swimming\" in a frigid snow-melt pond--are the struggles she experiences as she tries to find her place in the world. Raised in a warm and loving family, she is nevertheless painfully aware that her father longs for a boy to help work the farm. Going to the one-room farm school becomes an ordeal with the constant threat of bullying. The welcome move to town for high school is coupled with the humiliation of having to live in a garage. Through it all, the question of her future looms as she confronts the lure of the horizon. \u003cbr\u003eRichly detailed and deftly told, A Canadian Childhood will be enjoyed not just as a fascinating snapshot of history, but as a moving, honest, and courageous life story.","brand":"FriesenPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071095685360,"sku":"2940157012113","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157012113_p0.jpg?v=1764090552","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157012113","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}