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Punching and Kicking

Leaving Canada's Toughest Neighbourhood

by (author) Kathy Dobson

Publisher
Vehicule Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2018
Category
Editors, Journalists, Publishers
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550655001
    Publish Date
    Jun 2018
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781550655070
    Publish Date
    Aug 2018
    List Price
    $14.99

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Description

People don’t ever leave The Point, even if they move far away. Or at least, that’s how it seems to journalist Kathy Dobson. Growing up in Point St. Charles, an industrial slum in Montreal, she sees how people get trapped in the neighbourhood. Dobson shares her journey of trying to escape what was once described as the toughest neighbourhood in Canada, as she and her five sisters—raised by their single mother—deal with slum landlords, “pervy uncles,” and their father—a mostly absent police officer who does occasional work on the side for the local mob. As Kathy grows up and starts attending college outside the Point, she has to learn how to survive in a new world where problems aren't solved by a good punch to the head.

About the author

Kathy Dobson is the author of With a Closed Fist: Growing Up in Canada’s Toughest Neighbourhood (2011). Her journalism has appeared in The Globe and Mail, National Post, Canadian Living, and on CBC Radio. Currently completing her PhD at Carleton University in the School of Journalism and Communication, Kathy Dobson’s research has won numerous awards, including a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, and she has been a keynote speaker and guest lecturer at many universities including McGill, Concordia, and the University of Toronto.

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