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Cathy Ostlere

Cathy Ostlere was born in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Cathy’s first book, Lost: A Memoir, began as a series of poems but grew into creative non-fiction essays and eventually into a full-length memoir. Essays excerpted from Lost: A Memoir have been shortlisted for the National Magazine Awards, Western Magazine Awards, and CBC Literary Awards. Lost: A Memoir was a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Edna Staebler Creative Non-fiction Award. Her second book, Karma, a verse novel, was released in March 2011.

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Karma

Karma

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On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi is gunned down by two Sikh bodyguards. The murder sparks riots in New Delhi and for three days Sikh men are targeted and killed in retribution for the prime minister’s death. It is into this chaos that fifteenyear- old Maya and her Sikh father, Amar, arrive from their home in Canada. India’s political instabil …

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Lost

Lost

A Memoir
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Shortlisted for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

In September 1995, Cathy Ostlere, her husband, and three children are visiting with the family in Calgary to celebrate her younger brother David's birthday. It had been a family tradition that no matter where in the world David might be—from Australia to India to England—he w …

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