Sixties Girl
Marilyn Stanley
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Noelle Walsh
, Andrea Pole
, Barry Kazimer
, Mary Therrien
, Sarah Schwartz
, Linda Leitch
, Jude Castillo
, Reilly Robson
, Elisha Lazarski
, Andrea Gillespie
, Trish Bowering
, Mary-Esther Lee
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Sandra Furlotte
, Jenn George
, Madison Hendricks
, Agnes Marshall
, Shawna Moodie
, Summer Halls
, Debra Fisher
, Joshua Lewis
, Vanessa S
, Natasa Ilic
, Joan Clare
, Diana Richardson
, Elmira Olson
, Deb Philippon
, Margaret Lindo
, Leila Grobel
, Shayla Bradley
, Lisa Mallia
, Dora Dueck
, Janice Cournoyer
, Sharon Thompson
, Dana Francoeur
, Margaret Palmer
, Leonard Constant
, Rhona Brinkman
, Kim Cappellina
, Vicki Bedford
, Sonia Adams
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Karen Kendrick
, joy mills
, Jane Graham
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Heather Belliveau
, BJ Underwood
, Maria Mclean
, C. Ray
, Marin Beck
, Heather O'Connor
, Darlene Foster
, Paula Ritchie
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Elaine Baptie
, Christine Lion
, Maggie Keating
, Maureen Brownlee
, Donna Gamache
, Mary Lester
, Nancy Stevenson
, Deana Bueley
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Denise Duvall
, Benita Hartwell
, Huguette Lemieux
, Paula Adam
, Christopher Evans
, Randi Ann Doll
, Heather Norris
, S. A. M. McCue
, Lynn Peppas
, Jessica Gilbert
, Alanna King
, Karen Reid
, Karen Nordrum
, Fin Macdonald
, Gwynn Scheltema
, tom stormonth
, Anika Brandt
, Mary Campbell
, Colleen Coco Collins
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Set in 1960s and present-day Winnipeg, this poignant coming-of-age story follows a decade in the life of a young girl growing up in a close-knit family in a time of sweeping social change.
The 1960s was a decade of major world events, exciting changes, and unforgettable fashion and music. But for Laura, navigating the cliques at school, avoiding corporal punishment doled out by the nuns, and dealing with her mother’s illness feel more real than the news stories of political assassinations, royal visits, the legalization of birth control, and the threat of nuclear war that dominate the headlines of the day. Sixties Girl is a decade in the life of an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to Expo 67, from Beatlemania to miniskirts.
Told in alternating timelines—with an adult Laura recalling her childhood experiences to her grandson Will—this vivid portrait of a Canadian childhood and adolescence is a deeply personal, heartfelt reflection on family and self-discovery, as well as an insightful commentary on an era that changed society forever.
