After a season of reading textbooks, be it for instruction purposes or a necessity for one of the many night courses I have taken, it is great to be able to take time out to relax in the summer sun and enjoy a leisurely read.
On of my favorite authors is Sally Armstrong. I admire her spirit of adventure in pursuing a story, and her passion shown in her books. A well known human rights activist, she has won awards from Amnesty International and is a member of the Order of Canada.
Bitter Roots Tender Shoots, Armstrong's most recent book revisits the Women of Afghanistan eight years after the Taliban was ousted. She interviews women from all walks of life, delving into the effects of the environment of insurgency and the activists, activities and strengths that are taking them into the twentieth century.
Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan. In this book Armstrong strategically enters Afghanistan, putting fear and danger aside, and examines the lives of the women living under the Taliban rule.
The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The First Women Settler of the Miramichi. Charlotte Taylor left her native England in 1775 with her family's Jamaican butler. After a challenging journey to his native Jamaica, he died of yellow fever, leaving her pregnant and unsure of her future. She boarded a ship headed for a trading post in the "new world", settled in northern New Brunswick, where her only women friends were the Mi'kmaq. This is a true story that holds a special place in Sally Armstrong's heart as Charlotte is part of Sally Armstrong's heritage and I am pround to say, mine as well!
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