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We will read two Pulitzer Prize winning novels which both take place in Canada.
Her Collected Stories will keep you company long after our course has ended.
Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News takes us to Newfoundland - a unique bit of Canada - and into the heart of a man we grow to know and love.
We will also read a short story or two by Alice Munro and/or Margaret Atwood.
During that time, Marcia read a great deal of Canadian Literature, authored two papers published by the Aboriginal Secretariat of the Northwest Territories, was the Principal of a community Hebrew School, ice skated on the Rideau Canal, had a Canadian baby at the Ottawa General Hospital and learned how to dress for WINTER, although, her favorite time of year in Canada is in the late Spring and Summer.
They are glorious times in Ottawa which is filled with outdoor dining opportunities, lovely parks and a fabulous Agricultural Farm which is part of the land owned by the Government of Canada.
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, ISBN: 978-0-671-51005-3
Worcester Institute for Senior Education (WISE)Assumption University, 500 Salisbury Street, Worcester MA 01609 wise@assumption.edu 508-767-7513