Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction nominee

Like most women born before the turn of the century, Maime Elizabeth lived, by the standard of her day, an ordinary existence. She lived with her family near Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, and like many they were wiped out by the Great Depression. As Mamie often said, life was going to the dogs.

Yet day by day this determined woman cobbled together a rich, full existence that was played out against the astonishing history, climate and landscape of the Canadian West.

Judy Schultz is a nationally renowned travel and food writer, the author of ten books, and the winner of numerous awards. Her publications include Looking For China: Travels on a Silk Road, Mamie's Children: Three Generations of Prairie Women, Nibbles and Feasts, and Jean Pare: Appetite for Life. She also co-authored The Food Lover's Guide to Alberta, Volumes 1 and 2. Judy divides her time between Alberta and New Zealand, and devotes her attention to travelling, cooking, and writing.

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"Deeply moving."
— Toronto Star

"[Schultz knows and understands the land as intimately as she knows and understands her family, and her love for both gleams through her writing."
— Edmonton Journal