Memory's Daughter
- Publisher
- The University of Alberta Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2010
- Category
- Canadian, Death
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888645395
- Publish Date
- Feb 2010
- List Price
- $27.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780888647658
- Publish Date
- Feb 2010
- List Price
- $19.99
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Description
This is a daughter’s poetic homage to her parents, both elegy and celebration, that explores the transformations wrought by history, biology, and the alchemy of love. In Greek myth, the daughters of Memory were the Muses. Alice Major listens carefully to their voices. “…tender, wise, beautifully cadenced work which embraces the reader on every page.” – Don Domanski
About the author
Alice Major emigrated from Scotland at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto before coming west to work as a weekly newspaper reporter. She served as the City of Edmonton’s first poet laureate from 2005–2007. Among her previous books are Memory's Daughter, for which she won the Stephan G. Stephansson Award in 2011; The Occupied World; and The Office Tower Tales, for which she won the Pat Lowther Award in 2009. In 2010, she received a lifetime achievement award, presented by the City of Edmonton and the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton.
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