Body & Soul
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2011
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887548956
- Publish Date
- Mar 2011
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770911611
- Publish Date
- Mar 2011
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
In real and personal stories, these women share their personal stories of triumphs, tragedies, and life's funny moments, while challenging the reader to look beneath the surface of how society views women, especially as they age.Body & Soul was commissioned by Dove as a way to demonstrate that beauty has no age limit.
About the author
Judith Thompson is a two-time winner of the Governor Generalâ??s Literary Award for White Biting Dog and The Other Side of the Dark. In 2006 she was invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada and in 2008 she was awarded the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Palace of the End. Judith is a professor of drama at the University of Guelph and lives with her husband and five children in Toronto.