{"product_id":"the-girl-from-dream-city-a-literary-life-9780889777859","title":"The Girl from Dream City: A Literary Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid stories from a Canadian literary icon, who shares a life spread across continents and immersed in books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's the life that many young women dream of: education in some of Europe's most beautiful cities before becoming a novelist, essayist, translator and literary curator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the start of Linda Leith's journey is anything but idyllic. The daughter of a glamorous mother and a charming left-wing doctor, she is never told of her father's psychiatric breakdown or his subsequent shock therapy for what was then called manic depression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As this secret festers, Leith's father uproots the family to various European cities as he reinvents himself as a corporate executive, eventually moving across the Atlantic to Montreal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's there, in her first year of university, that Leith is inspired by Madame de Sta l: a writer and salonni re, banished from Paris by Napoleon himself. With none of Sta l's advantages--no wealth, no social status, no ch teau on Lake Geneva--Leith can scarcely imagine a salon, but she is drawn to Paris, and dreams of becoming a writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This dream fuels her education in London, her marriage and writing in Budapest, and--finally--her journey back to Montreal where she meets a community of writers and readers who she works with to transform the city's literary scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Leith publishes, translates, and curates, she also comes to terms with her troubled father and the secrets of her childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A luscious read, this book will rivet readers of Jill Ker Conway's \u003ci\u003eThe Road from Coorain\u003c\/i\u003e and Tara Westover's \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e, or anyone who has dreamed of building a cultural life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Regina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889777859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Linda Leith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39816561787061,"sku":"9780889777859","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_609b575b-a6d8-4078-8ec0-c35a7c292d4c.jpg?v=1618926275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-girl-from-dream-city-a-literary-life-9780889777859","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}