A Tremor Through Time

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FriesenPress

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491_9781525549915

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Tragic Coincidence A baby dies in a car accident on the way to a memorial mass, fifteen years to the day after the mining accident that took the life of his grandfather. This tragic coincidence set the stage for the authors birth a year later.A Tremor Through Time is a memoir about the resilience of a young girl growing up in a family struggling with guilt and grief. It takes the reader from the authors earliest memory of finding herself alone in a bus depot on her way home from kindergarten to her decision to leave home and attend university.The memoir moves between past and present connecting vignettes from the authors youth-written from a childs perspective-with contemporary scenes and conversations. Set in a northern mining town, moments of fun and friendship are interspersed with scenes of anger and apprehension that highlight an increasingly difficult relationship between father and daughter....

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