Kate and the Composers
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joanne CulleyTheme:Cultural Region/CanadianPublish date:2025-08-06Pages:282
Languages:EnglishPublisher:FriesenPressISBN-13:9781038347114ISBN-10:1038347114UPC:9781038347114Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Places, Performing ArtsBook Topic:Canada, MusicSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.72Product ID:SCR0K35MSN
A blend of fact and fiction, Kate and the Composers follows Kate Bourke, a young girl who emigrates from Ireland with her family to make a new life in Toronto in the late nineteenth century. After leaving school in Grade 8 to help support her family, she works as a maid and then a proofreader, but harbours a secret desire to become a writer. Music is her north star, and Kate draws inspiration and consolation throughout her life from her Uncle Frederick's popular song, "The Flight of Ages." Her marriage to a flautist and composer who is starting a musician's union brings a new set of challenges while she tries to pursue her dream.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:FriesenPressISBN-13:9781038347114ISBN-10:1038347114UPC:9781038347114Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Places, Performing ArtsBook Topic:Canada, MusicSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.72Product ID:SCR0K35MSN
Culley, Joanne: - Joanne Culley is an award-winning writer and documentary producer whose previous books are Love in the Air: Second World War Letters and Claudette on the Keys. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Peterborough Examiner, Legion Magazine, Canada's History, and Our Canada; in anthologies, as well as on CBC, Bravo Network, and TVOntario. She received the "In Celebration of Women" media award. She has an MA in English Literature from the University of Toronto and a Certificate in Creative Writing from the Humber School for Writers. She grew up in Toronto and now lives in Peterborough, Ontario.
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