True North is the inspirational Canadian Chapter of Jill Ker Conway's life story, which began with her much love, bestselling memoir, The Road from Coorain. Beginning with her departure from Australia, Jill Ker Conway tells of her romance with Harvard House Master John Conway, of coming to grips with his manic-depressive disorder, and of their move to Canada in 1964 where she became the first female vice-president at the University of Toronto. In this vibrant memoir, we watch as a most private woman makes of herself a public persona in Canada.
Jill K. Conway Knihy
Jill Ker Conwayová bola austrálsko-americká autorka, ktorá sa preslávila svojimi autobiografiami. Jej diela sa zaoberajú témami identity, kultúry a osobného rastu, často s dôrazom na ženské skúsenosti a hľadanie miesta vo svete. Conwayová skúma zložitosti prechodov medzi rôznymi fázami života a kultúrnymi prostrediami. Jej písanie vyniká prenikavou introspekciou a poetickým jazykom, ktorý čitateľov vtiahne do hlbokých úvah o sebapoznaní a vytrvalosti.
The Road from Coorain
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- 9 hodin čítania
The memoirs of Jill Conway and her journey into adulthood from a 30,000 acre sheep ranch in Coorain, Australia, to America where she became the first woman president of Smith College