Sinterklaas, Dobson Kathy

Автор: Dobson, Kathy
Название: Punching and kicking
ISBN: 1550655000 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781550655001
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Описание: People dont leave the Point, even if they move far away. Or at least thats how it seems to journalist Kathy Dobson. Growing up in the 1970s in Point St. Charles, an industrial slum in Montreal, she sees how people get trapped in the neighborhood. In this sequel to the highly praised With a Closed Fist , Dobson shares her journey of trying to escape from what was once described as the toughest neighborhood in Canada. Kathy and her five sisters, raised by their single mother, deal with slum landlords, "pervy uncles", and their father -- a mostly absent police officer who does occasional work on the side for the local mob. As Kathy grows up and starts attending college outside the Point, she has to learn how to survive in a new environment where problems arent solved by a good punch to the head.

Автор: Kathy Dobson
Название: With a Closed Fist: Growing Up in Canadas Toughest Neighbourhood
ISBN: 1550653237 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781550653236
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Описание: Offering a glimpse into the culture of extreme poverty, this memoir is an insiders view into a neighborhood then described as the toughest in Canada. Point St. Charles is an industrial slum in Montreal which is now in the process of gentrification, but during Kathy Dobsons childhood, people moved for one of two reasons: their apartment was on fire or the rent was due. When student social workers and medical students from McGill University invaded the Point in the 1970s, Kathy and her five sisters witnessed their mother transform from a defeated welfare recipient to an angry, confrontational community organizer who joined in the fight against a city that turned a blind eye on some of its most vulnerable citizens. When her mother won the right for Kathy and her two older sisters to attend schools in one of Montreals wealthiest neighborhoods, Kathy was thrown into a foreign world with a completely different set of rules that she didnt know--leading to disastrous results. This compelling, coming-of-age story documents a time of great social change in Montreal and reveals the workings of an educational system trying to deal with disadvantaged children.