The Girl from Dream City: A Literary Life, Leith Linda

Автор: Leith Linda
Название: The Girl from Dream City: A Literary Life
ISBN: 0889777853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780889777859
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
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Цена: 24290.00 T
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Описание: Vivid stories from a Canadian literary icon, who shares a life spread across continents and immersed in books. Its the life that many dream of: education in some of Europes most beautiful cities before becoming a novelist, essayist, translator and literary curator. But the start of Linda Leiths journey is anything but idyllic. The daughter of a glamorous mother and a charming left-wing doctor, she is never told of her fathers psychiatric breakdown or his subsequent shock therapy for what was then called manic depression. As this secret festers, Leiths father uproots the family to various European cities as he reinvents himself as a corporate executive, eventually moving across the Atlantic to Montreal. Its there, in her first year of university, that Leith is inspired by Madame de Stael: a writer and salonniere, banished from Paris by Napoleon himself. With none of Staels advantages—no wealth, no social status, no chateau on Lake Geneva—Leith can scarcely imagine a salon, but she is drawn to Paris, and dreams of becoming a writer. This dream fuels her education in London, her marriage and writing in Budapest, and—finally—her journey back to Montreal where she meets a community of writers and readers who she works with to transform the citys literary scene. As Leith publishes, translates, and curates, she also comes to terms with her troubled father and the secrets of her childhood. A luscious read, this book will rivet readers of Jill Ker Conways The Road from Coorain and Tara Westovers Educated , or anyone who has dreamed of building a cultural life.

Автор: Leith Glennis
Название: The Icy Barber
ISBN: 0957934130 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780957934139
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Цена: 17190.00 T
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Автор: Anderson Leith, Carey Galen
Название: Faith in the Voting Booth: Practical Wisdom for Voting Well
ISBN: 0310346096 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780310346098
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Описание: Voters today often default to one side of the political spectrum or the other. Candidates avoid discussing issues, and election outcomes are influenced by slogans and ads. In Faith in the Voting Booth, Leith Anderson and Galen Carey show how better informed, faith-directed voting is both possible and desperately needed in our country today.

Автор: Leith Prue
Название: Relish
ISBN: 0857384058 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857384058
Издательство: Quercus
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Описание: The memoir of a woman whose refreshing charm, humour, energy and zest show her remarkable appetite for life.

Автор: Leith Prue
Название: House At Chorlton
ISBN: 1787472620 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787472624
Издательство: Hachette UK
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Цена: 10110.00 T
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Описание: Epic multi-generational family saga by the judge of Great British Bake Off. Formerly entitled The Food of Love.