{"product_id":"the-other-side-of-the-tracks-growing-up-in-toronto-in-the-shadow-of-the-great-depression","title":"Elizabeth Rouble Hill — The Other Side of the Tracks: Growing Up in Toronto in the Shadow of the Great Depression","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: Elizabeth Rouble Hill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGenre: \u003cspan\u003eMemoir \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSize: \u003cspan\u003e6x9\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003cspan\u003e222\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eThis book conveys in a simple, straightforward and very effective language how life was for a working-class family in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrowing up, coming of age, young perceptions and experiences that capture the reader’s interest and imagination to such an extent that once you start reading, you just can’t put it down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eProf. Juan J. Castillos, Egyptologist currently \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eliving and teaching in Montevideo, Uruguay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eThe author's fascinating narrative focuses on her personal contribution to the socialist values quietly gifted to her by her parents.  Each of the 28 revealing, warm, dramatic chapters of discovery and comprehension recount her personal growth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe reader is attracted to her pride in her successes, small and large, as a child, then an adolescent and finally an adult, in breaking down the barriers of the social world into which she and her siblings were born \"on the other side of the tracks\" within the \"cold war\" of middle and late 20th century Toronto. Her remarkable story is an appreciative homage to her parents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eKeith Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eProfessor Emeritus of Latin American Literature at U of T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e •\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eIn this delightful book the writer endeavours to represent a compelling reality: life on the other side of the tracks. Any temptation of a self-pitying literary treatment would have made the story a prescription to emote. Elizabeth Hill does not indulge in this. She trusts the reader's capacity to empathize by just presenting the facts. This ability to resist the temptation to feed emotions by limiting herself to a simple story telling style is what makes this book worth reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eGiovanna Peel B.F.A., B.E.D.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-CA\"\u003eAuthor of \"Starting with Tuscany\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Rouble Hill \/ Wet Ink Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780706926870,"sku":"9781998324378","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0480\/4870\/1606\/files\/TheOtherSideoftheTracks-COVER.jpg?v=1787917274","url":"https:\/\/volumesdirect.com\/products\/the-other-side-of-the-tracks-growing-up-in-toronto-in-the-shadow-of-the-great-depression","provider":"Volumes Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}