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Memory's Daughter

by (author) Alice Major

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2010
Category
Canadian, Death
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888645395
    Publish Date
    Feb 2010
    List Price
    $27.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780888647658
    Publish Date
    Feb 2010
    List Price
    $19.99

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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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