Dance on the Earth: A Memoir
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In a writing career spanning nearly three decades, Margaret Laurence became one of the most celebrated and widely read authors in the world. In this, her final work, Margaret Laurence reveals the story of her fascinating life, the process of her writing, and the people and emotional journeys which accompanied it. She relates her experiences living in different cultures; the issues and causes she so passionately upheld; her personal battle against censorship. She also pays tribute to the three women from whom she drew important spiritual strength. Including a selection of her articles, speeches, and letters - many never before published - and photographs selected by Margaret Laurence from her personal family albums, Dance on the Earth is a book of celebration and exploration in which Margaret Laurence speaks openly about her place in the world as a woman, a writer, and a concerned human being.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0771047479
ISBN13:9780771047473
Release Date:March 1998
Publisher:McClelland & Stewart
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.98 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Magnificent and Profound
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is Margaret Lawrence's last book before her death in 1987. It was written with the help of her daughter, Jocelyn and published posthumously. Dance on the Earth is moving memoir of the journey through Margaret Lawrence's life told in her own magnificent words. Throughout this book you gain insight into the artist's demons and muses.Margaret Lawrence lived a full and exciting life. She always spoke out for what she believed in. She was the champion of many causes including against sexism and racism. She was a fascinating and complex woman.Dance on the Earth has it all: intrigue, romance, humour. This is a woman that I would have loved to know in real-life. Lawrence does not sugar coat her life, although I think that she lies to herself in how good a mother she was (I had issue with how she would be away from her children for prolonged periods of time while following her career moves -- but that is me, perhaps her children were not scarred for life). As with any autobiography, you are seeing the artist through the artist's eyes, and of course, you are only seeing what she wants you to see. If you really want to know the whole person, then I recommend also reading biographies and biographical essays.
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