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A memoir of intellectual discovery, as Conway enters a lively community of women scholars. It is the story of her love affair with the Canadian war hero John Conway that ripened into a remarkable marriage. And it is an unapologetic account of the author's struggles with her husband's manic depression and the sexual bias in her profession. Bracingly candid, True North is the testament of an extraordinary woman living in an extraordinary time. "A wonderful book, written with grace and style by a woman of great intelligence...able not only to confess her sorrows but also to laugh at herself...Readers, male and female, will feel that they have found a friend." -CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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Conway's The Road from Coorain presents a vivid memoir of coming of age in Australia. In 1960, however, she had reached the limits of that provincial--and irredeemably sexist--society and set off for America. True North--the testament of an extraordinary woman living in an extraordinary time--te lls the profound story of the challenges that confronted Conway, as she sought to establish her public self.
About the Author
Jill Ker Conway taught at the University of Toronto from 1964 to 1975 when she became the first woman president of Smith college. Since 1985 she has been a visiting scholar at MIT, and lives in Boston.
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- PublisherKnopf Canada
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0394281209
- ISBN 13 9780394281209
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages250
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