ANOTHER PLACE AT THE TABLE My Mother's Story
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This is Mary (Haneman) Cook's tribute to the remarkable woman who was her mother.
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by Mary Cook
ISBN#9780921165576
In 1911, thirteen-year-old Mabel Ernestine Lapointe ran from the heartache of her life in an Ottawa teneent house and set off on a journey that took her to the giddy heights of New York City. Tragic circumstances forced her return to Canada, to a desolate farm in Renfrew County during the depression years -- a place from which she longed to escape. Another Place at the Table is Mabel's story and the story of the farmer, who became her husband, and offered the young widow and her two children the only sanctuary they could hope for.
About the Author
A celebrated storyteller, Mary Cook has been delighting Canadian audiences for years with her remembrances of growing up on the family farm during the bittersweet years of the 1930s. She is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines across the country, and is the author of ten best-selling books.
Mary has received seven Actra awards for excellence in broadcast journalism, during an illustrious career that began 50 years ago with the
