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By John Leigh Walters

ISBN-10: 1897425414

ISBN-13: 9781897425411

Written in his mother’s specific voice, John Leigh Walters pushes the bounds of memoir in a really able lifestyles, the intense trip of a possible traditional woman.Zarah Petri used to be a baby while her relatives left Hungary to set up a brand new existence in Canada within the Twenties. With braveness and innovation, Zarah and her kinfolk survived the Depression?even if it intended breaking the legislation to take action. In celebrating Zarah Petri, a really able lifestyles can pay homage to all “ordinary” ladies of the early 20th century who challenged society’s conventions for the sake of survival.

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