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Touched me deeply
This book touched me so deeply that I keep it on a shelf of my most important books.It skillfully brought me to understand and accept an untraditional journey, that of a young girl who doesn't fit in, who enjoys sex generously with local boys, and who accepts payment for it eventually, with dignity and integrity, because her family needs the money.

sensual and spiritual
This book is a hidden treasure, deserves attention and appreciation. Brings to mind the best of I.B. Singer; rich with humor, tragedy, sexuality and spirituality.

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This collection of essays details the complexity and diversity of author Adele Wiseman. Writing in several different genres, from children's books to plays and essays, Wiseman became one of the most renowned Canadian authors and won Canada's Governor General's award for her first novel, The Sacrifice. With the success of her first novel at the age of 28, Wiseman came to prominence in both the United States and Canada quite early. Her second novel, Crackpot, about prostitution, has been the subject of current critical debate. ... Read more

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Best known as the author of The Sacrifice and Crackpot, Adele Wiseman has also written children's stories, plays, and memoirs. There has been a significant quantity of criticism about her writing, from book reviews and interviews to more serious scholarly articles. All of this material is now available in Panofsky's unique work. ... Read more

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Over a period of forty years, from 1947 to 1986, Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman wrote to each other constantly. The topics they wrote about were as wide-ranging as their interests and experiences, and their correspondence encompassed many of the varied events of their lives. Laurence's letters - of which far more are extant than Wisman's - reveal much about the impact of her years in Africa, motherhood, her anxieties and insecurities, and her developement as a writer. Wiseman, whose literary success came early in her career, provided a sympathetic ear and constant encouragement to Laurence.

The editors' selection has been directed by an interest in these women as friends and writers. Their experiences in the publishing world offer an engaging perspective on literary apprenticeship, rejection, and success. The letters reveal the important roles both women played in the buoyant cultural nationalism of the 1960s and 1970s.

This valuable collection of previously unpublished primary material will be essential to scholars working on Canadian literature and of great interest to the general reading. The introduction contextualizes the correspondence and the annotations to the letters help to clarify the text. The Laurence-Wiseman letters offer a fascinating glimpse into the lives and friendship of two remarkable women whose personal correspondence was written with verve, compassion, and wit. ... Read more

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A humorous tale about a hard-barking pup who realizes his job is to expose prowlers - but can't figure out how to identify them. He accosts the postman, the milkman, innocent visitors, family members sneaking home late at night and generally makes, an unholy nuisance of himself. When a real prowler does come, Puccini decides, he's much too nice to mean any harm. The family decides he's no watchdog, but Puccini at least makes a noise like one, "which is enough to fool all honest people." ... Read more

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An inspiring story of creativity
Adele Wiseman tells the story of her mother's dollmaking. The dolls are all different, made from "found" objects, and are made mainly to be given to sick children.Adele gradually teases out the deeper impulses behind her mother's activity, in the process revealing a lot about what creativity really is: part of our human birthright, and not restricted to an exclusive club of "great artists" (although Adele Wiseman's novels arguably show her as a great artist herself). The book traces a deepening path of gradual revelations about what is really going on. It is an inspiring and, finally,moving tribute. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, published by Bibliographical Society of Canada on September 22, 2009. The length of the article is 855 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ruth Panofsky. The Force of Vocation: The Literary Career of Adele Wiseman.(Book review)
Author: Susan Rudy
Publication: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2009
Publisher: Bibliographical Society of Canada
Volume: 47Issue: 2Page: 263(3)

Article Type: Book review

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This digital document is an article from American Review of Canadian Studies, published by Association for Canadian Studies in the United States on June 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1267 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Selected letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman.
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1999
Publisher: Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Volume: 29Issue: 2Page: NA

Article Type: Book Review

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Adele Wiseman was a seminal figure in Canadian letters. Always independent and wilful, she charted her own literary career, based on her unfailing belief in her artistic vision. In The Force of Vocation, the first book on Wisemanís writing life, Ruth Panofsky presents Wiseman as a writer who doggedly and ambitiously perfected her craft, sought a wide audience for her work, and refused to compromise her work for marketability.

Based on previously unpublished archival material and personal interviews with publishers, editors, and writers, The Force of Vocation charts Wisemanís career from her internationally acclaimed first novel, The Sacrifice, through her near career-ending decisions to move into drama and non-fiction, to her many years as a dedicated mentor to other writers. In the process, Panofsky presents a remarkable and compelling story of the intricate negotiations and complex relationships that exist among authors, editors, and publishers. ... Read more

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A revealing life story
Written by Ruth Panofsky (teaches English at Ryerson University), The Force Of Vocation: The Literary Career of Adele Wiseman is the first literary study of the written works of Canadian author Adele Wiseman, whose career began with her internationally acclaimed first novel "The Sacrifice", and included drama and nonfiction as well as years of service mentoring other writers. Extensively researched, and drawing upon previously unpublished archival material and personal interviews with publishers, editors, and writers, The Force of Vocation is a revealing life story about a literary professional who absolutely refused to compromise her work for marketability in the slightest. ... Read more

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‘Adele Wiseman’s Kenji and the Cricket, which recounts the quest of a Japanese war orphan for a family, addresses every child’s desire for love and security. Kenji, a starving street boy, adopts a pet cricket that leads him to a childless couple who in turn adopt him. The warmth of the narrative is enhanced by Shizuye Takashima’s watercolour illustrations, whose blurred edges relieve the harshness of the details of Kenji’s daily life and give the story the cast of memoir or fable.’

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The Sacrifice is a haunting depiction of one family and its often tragic attempts to come to terms with a new life in a new country. It is a moving, almost biblical story of a father possessed by his hope for his only son; of a son who rebels against his father’s ideals, yet sacrifices himself to preserve what his father most prizes; and of a grandson who must reconcile the flaws in his inheritance.


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Where's Izzy Asper When You Really Need Him?
"The Sacrifice" was a landmark in Canadian literary history, the first runaway world bestseller.It is a national shame that this title is now out of print.World class writers like Wiseman and Kogawa are all too often ethnicized into oblivion by our culture.If this must be their fate in a still-parochial nation, perhaps those descendents of the old north end of Winnipeg can take a fresh look at Wiseman's powerful work and find a way to make it available to new generations.Wiseman's three great and out-of-print titles, "The Sacrifice", "Old Woman at Play", and "Old Markets, New World" cry out for a benefactor.Izzy, where are you?Works like this can easily sell out a Canadian run of 10,000.

a sad story
i enjoyed this book because it really makes you appreciate the plight of others less fortunate than ourselves. i have never read adele wisemans' books before buti think i will read further as she demonstratesextraordinary talent in capturing the sacrifice and struggle of the humanheart.

a sad story
i enjoyed this book because it really makes you appreciate the plight of others less fortunate than ourselves. i have never read adele wisemans' books before buti think i will read further as she demonstratesextraordinary talent in capturing the sacrifice and struggle of the humanheart. ... Read more

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Second Printing October 1956 ... Read more