Just a Larger Family : Letters of Marie Williamson from the Canadian Home Front,1940-1944 Paperback / softback
Edited by Mary F. Williamson, Tom Sharp
Part of the Life Writing series
Paperback / softback
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The Second World War had been under way for a year when Marie and John Williamson welcomed two English brothers to join them and their two children in their small house in north Toronto for the duration of the conflict.
Marie wrote over 150 letters to the boys' mother, Margaret Sharp, imagining that she could make Margaret feel she was still with her children.
She shepherded the boys through education decisions and illnesses, eased them into a strange new life, and rejoiced when they embraced unfamiliar winter sports.
The letters brim with detail about family holidays, the financial implications of an extended family, their involvement in their church, and the games and activities that kept them occupied.
Marie's letters reflect the lives and concerns of a particular family in Toronto, but they also reveal a portrait of what was then Canada's second-largest city during wartime. The introduction is by Mary F. Williamson, Marie's daughter, and Tom Sharp, Margaret's youngest son.
The book features a foreword by Jonathan Vance that puts the letters in historical context.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:408 pages, 16 black & white images
- Publisher:Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Publication Date:30/05/2011
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- ISBN:9781554583232
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:408 pages, 16 black & white images
- Publisher:Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Publication Date:30/05/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781554583232