Between Friends
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2005
- Category
- Letters, Friendship
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926739076
- Publish Date
- Jan 2005
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
Longtime friends Helen Levine and Oonagh Berry decided they missed the tradition of "real" letters. The obvious solution for them was to initiate a correspondence project. Their goal? To write each other a longhand letter every two weeks for a year, and see what, if anything, they were missing in their usual friendship rituals of lunches, visits and telephone chats. The result is a wealth of insights yielded from over 150 years of combined life experience. Week in and week out, Helen and Oonagh weave together tales of family, work, politics, motherhood, aging and creativity. Reading Between Friends is like sharing a warm pot of tea with two frank, articulate and experienced companions.
About the authors
Helen Levine is a former social worker and professor. At the School of Social Work at Carleton University, she introduced women's issues and feminist perspectives into the curriculum for the first time. She received the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case for advancing the equality of women in Canada. Helen is still energetically engaged as an advocate for women's rights.
Oonagh Berry’s short stories have been published in Canada and Ireland. She grew up in Ireland and now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband, the poet Christopher Levenson.