Vignettes of Life: Experiences and Self Perceptions of New Canadian Women

Kathy Lea is head of learning resources at the Buchanan Resource Centre,
Lethbridge Community College.

How fascinating to encounter a rich tapestry of individual lives and evolving cultures, and yet at the same time have your own country’s nuances reflected back to you. Anyone interested in people, the social history of immigration, or the times in which we find ourselves in Canada, will enjoy this work.

Chapters reinforce the individuality of each life history, imparting dignity and intensifying the feeling of exposure to women of all backgrounds, cultures, and age groups. Congruence is achieved because it is apparent that all women speak with a common voice for the universal longing for a healthy natural world and the feelings of well-being and friendship. The author also provides an analysis that gives deeper understanding for those whose curiosity she whets. As a document chronicling a unique phenomenon of our time from a point of view not often heard, this is a must for anyone interested in Canadian social history.