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Title: |
Tiny Lights for Travellers |
Search Result:
| By (author): |
Naomi K. Lewis |
| ISBN10-13: |
1772124486 : 9781772124484 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
228x152x18mm |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Weight: |
.442 Kg. |
| Published: |
University of Alberta Press - May 2019 |
| List Price: |
23.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 10 |
| Subjects: |
Memoirs |
| Why couldnâ t I occupy the world as those model-looking women did, with their flowing hair, pulling their tiny bright suitcases as if to say, I just arrived from elsewhere, and I already belong here, and this sidewalk belongs to me? When her marriage suddenly ends, and a diary documenting her beloved Opaâ s escape from Nazi-occupied Netherlands in the summer of 1942 is discovered, Naomi Lewis decides to retrace his journey to freedom. Travelling alone from Amsterdam to Lyon, she discovers family secrets and her own narrative as a second-generation Jewish Canadian. With vulnerability, humour, and wisdom, Lewisâ s memoir asks tough questions about her identity as a secular Jew, the accuracy of family stories, and the impact of the Holocaust on subsequent generations. |
| Awards / Prizes: |
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Governor General Literary Awards, Non-fiction
2019
Canada
Short-listed
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The Western Canada Jewish Book Awards, Pinsky Givon Family Prize for Non-Fiction
2020
Canada
Winner
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The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize
2020
Canada
Short-listed
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Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
2020
Canada
Winner
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Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature
2020
Canada
Winner
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| Reviews: |
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"Naomi is an incredibly talented writer and the loveliest of human beings. Her words are thought provoking and genuine. This is her journey to learn about her family history. Knowing who you are and understating where you come from can be a lifelong exploration." -- Andrea Kopylech, Associate Director Advancement, Faculty of Arts -- 20190718
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"Tiny Lights for Travellers starts with a zit, percolating brightly on the nose of our author while she takes the transatlantic flight that begins the book. In a strange, unlikely, funny, unabashed and endearing way, this first image in Naomi K. Lewis's reluctant, almost anti-travel memoir encapsulates much of what her book is about." -- Laurie D. Graham, Alberta Views -- 20191001
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"When Naomi Lewis was a child, no one in her family talked about the fact that her grandfather had escaped Nazi-occupied Europe, largely by foot and through the kindness of strangers. In fact, no one spoke much about that part of their family history, at all." -- Info News -- 20191104
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