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Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs

Real Life Page-Turners

A Collection of Inspiring, Heartbreaking, Terrifying (sometimes funny) True Stories

by (author) Chatelaine, Arthur Fleischmann, Marni Jackson, Tobin Levy, Leah McLaren, Stacy Morrison & Sydney Loney

Publisher
Rogers Publishing Limited
Initial publish date
Oct 2013
Category
Personal Memoirs
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780888964694
    Publish Date
    Oct 2013
    List Price
    $4.99

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Experience what it feels like to survive a plane crash, fall from a trapeze or learn that the man you love is a murderer. These are just some of the incredible stories you'll discover in this collection of the best real-life stories culled from the pages of Chatelaine. Prepare to be entertained and inspired by the strength and courage of everyday people under extraordinary circumstances.

About the authors

Chatelaine's profile page

Arthur Fleischmann's profile page

Marni Jackson is a Toronto journalist, author, and editor whose work has appeared in Outside, explore, The Globe and Mail, Rolling Stone, The Walrus, and Brick, among other publications. Her writing has won numerous National Magazine Awards and she is the author of three books of non-fiction. From 2006–2009, Marni was Rogers Chair of the Literary Journalism program at The Banff Centre, a month-long residency for professional non-fiction writers.

Marni Jackson's profile page

Tobin Levy's profile page

LEAH McLAREN is a Globe and Mail columnist and Europe correspondent for Maclean’s. In 2013, she won a gold National Magazine Award in the arts feature category for her work in Toronto Life magazine. Her first novel, The Continuity Girl, published by HarperCollins Canada and Warner US, was a national bestseller, spending nine weeks on the Globe and Mail bestseller list. She was born in rural Ontario, grew up in a small town and now splits her time between Toronto and London, England, where she shares a home with her husband and two boys. Twitter: @leahmclaren

Leah McLaren's profile page

Stacy Morrison's profile page

Sydney Loney's profile page