A Memoir
Embajadoras Press, 2016
My book-length memoir focuses on two decades of farming in northern Ontario. But it is more than a story about going back to the land.
With rural northern Ontario in the 1970s and 1980s as a backdrop, it delves into the personal conflicts and social pressures afflicting the generation of the 1960s as we moved into middle adulthood. In the harsh climate of northern Ontario, fantasies of pastoral serenity clashed with reality, traditional middle-class measures of success battled counter-culture and feminist alternatives, and the arrogance of book-knowledge butted heads with traditional, hands-on competence.
You have made me laugh and cry. A good combination in the stress of today’s world. — Annie Smith, poet
A thoughtful reflection on life, marriage, and child-rearing, told from a unique perspective. —Kirkus Review
A memoir that reads like a novel, with prose so clean it sparkles. — Lilly Barnes, poet and author of Mara, a novel
An interesting, honestly told story, beautifully written. I couldn’t put it down. — Erna Paris, historian, journalist
I was sorry when I came to the last page …this is truly the sign of a good book. — Judith Onley, author of Your Mastery…Live it Now!
Shifting Currents is the story of a woman becoming, a family prevailing, of shifting mores in a world of upheaval, an era of experiment. But most of all it’s a portrait of a time and a place…Beautifully written, by turns wry and poignant, Shifting Currents turns a landscape into a heartscape you will never forget.
— Bill Roorbach, author of Temple Stream, Writing Life Stories, Life Among Giants and The Remedy for Love
Now available in multiple e-book formats and in paperback. Buy a copy.
Listen to segments from my book launch, reading from Shifting Currents:
Part One: Flowing Backwards
Part Two: Not Really a Christmas Card
Part Three: Farming by the Book
Part Four: What’s in a Name?
Part Five: Questions
Watch a slide show from our days on the farm.
Shifting Currents: A Memoir is available in multiple e-book formats and in paperback. Buy a copy.