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Poetry Canadian

Good-bye to the Sugar Refinery

by (author) Patience Wheatley

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
Jan 1989
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780864920898
    Publish Date
    Jan 1989
    List Price
    $7.95

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Description

Wheatley reflects on her experience with the Canadian Women's Army Corps — exploring her own coming-of-age and offering an historical testament to the Canadian women who joined the Corps in World War II. Rich with sentiment, Wheatley's poems are never sentimental, but enlivened by honesty and wit.

About the author

Patience Wheatley was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, and came to Canada at the age of fifteen. Her first two collections of poetry were published by Goose Lane Editions.

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Editorial Reviews

"A mature voice, wise with experience . . . An important first book by a talented new voice who most surely will not remain in the shadows."

<i>Poetry Canada Review</i>

"She is capable of touching the human heart with a simple, casual image."

<i>Quarry</i>