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An Accidental Canadian: Reflections on My Home and (Not) Native Land

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An Accidental Canadian: Reflections on My Home and (Not) Native Land

by Margaret Wente

Harpercollins Canada, Limited | September 30, 2005 | Trade Paperback

Each week thousands of Globe and Mail readers makeMargaret Wente’s column their first read of the day. Whether she’s writingabout marriage or menopause, hockey or home-owning, Wente makes readers feelthat, finally, someone is able to articulate—candidly and with humour—exactlywhat everyday life is like for them. In this, her first book, Margaret Wentecombines new writing with existing work to create an absorbing read richlyleavened with reflections on Canada, and on the small pleasures and bigquestions in life.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Insightful and delightful

    Ariel

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    3 years ago

    Talk of nationality most of the time unavoidably links with patriotism. From the angle of a modern nomad (that's how I call myself - an itinerant immigrant), it is more a search for the sense of belonging to a place, a people, or a culture (the plural form is optional).

    In "An Accidental Canadian", Margaret Wente insightfully and delightfully depicted her Canadian experience. It reminds me of the uncanny parallel way of the love sometimes we have for people close to us - you can be irritated and ridiculed by a lot of things that comes with it but at the same time loves it to guts knowing deeply that here is where you belong, a place that you truly call home.

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Each week thousands of Globe and Mail readers makeMargaret Wente’s column their first read of the day. Whether she’s writingabout marriage or menopause, hockey or home-owning, Wente makes readers feelthat, finally, someone is able to articulate—candidly and with humour—exactlywhat everyday life is like for them. In this, her first book, Margaret Wentecombines new writing with existing work to create an absorbing read richlyleavened with reflections on Canada, and on the small pleasures and bigquestions in life.

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Each week thousands of Globe and Mail readers makeMargaret Wente’s column their first read of the day. Whether she’s writingabout marriage or menopause, hockey or home-owning, Wente makes readers feelthat, finally, someone is able to articulate—candidly and with humour—exactlywhat everyday life is like for them. In this, her first book, Margaret Wentecombines new writing with existing work to create an absorbing read richlyleavened with reflections on Canada, and on the small pleasures and bigquestions in life.

Trade Paperback

240 Pages, 5.3 x 8.06 x 0.65 in

September 30, 2005

Harpercollins Canada, Limited

English


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