About the Author

Judy Bowman

Judy Bowman’s poetry and prose have appeared in Room, Qwerty, The Vagrant Revue of New Fiction, Rattle, and Bread n’ Molasses. As a journalist with the Miramichi Leader, she often features stories about family violence and the effects of residential schools on First Nation’s people. In 2009, her readers honoured her with the Miramichi Leader’s Readers’ Choice Award for Favourite Journalist.

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Breaking the Word Barrier

Stories of Adults Learning to Read

by Kathie Goggin; Laura Wells; Afiena Kamminga; Laurie Glenn Norris; Judy Bowman; Evelyn Butcher; Richard Toth; Carol Knepper; Wendy Kitts; Beth Powning; June Horsman; Dawn Watson; Noeline Bridge; Richard Doiron; Janet Hammock; Greg Cook
edited by Marilyn Lerch & Angela Ranson

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also available: Paperback

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In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are people who have had the courage to overcome the barrier of words to break into a broader sense of themselves, to feel more empowered in the world. Courageou …

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