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edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
category: Biography & Autobiography
published: Dec 2009
ISBN:9781897425411
publisher: Athabasca University Press
imprint: AU Press

A Very Capable Life

The Autobiography of Zarah Petri

by John Leigh Walters

tagged: women
Description

Zarah Petri was just a little girl when her family left Hungary to finda new life in Canada in the 1920s. She showed spunk and a greatimagination that would serve her well as a new immigrant and youngmarried woman. Zarah and her family lived through the Depression, andshe learned to make ends meet in any way she could, even bending thelaw if necessary. Her son John writes this touching memoir, told in thefirst person, in Zarah’s own unique voice. Her remembrances aresometimes funny, sometimes sad but always entertaining.

About the Author
John Leigh Walters spent a lifetime writing, producing, and hosting television programs in both the United States and Canada. Notably, with Metropolitan Opera star Vivienne Della Chiesa, he co-hosted a daily television talk show on WLW-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio. More recently he produced and hosted interview programs on the CTV outlet in the Waterloo, ON. He lives in Kitchener, ON.
Contributor Notes

John Leigh Walters has spent much of his life writing,producing, and hosting television programs in both Canada and theUnited States.

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