"There Goes Six Bucks"
From downtown to down home, a Toronto boy returns to his roots on Pictou Island
In May 1999 Lorne Matheson left Toronto for ancestral land on Pictou Island, Nova Scotia to build a vacation getaway. For four months he kept friends and family abreast of progress with daily emails. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of his arrival on Pictou Island, those emails are shared here: the day-by-day account of a man who arrived to get away and immersed in relatives, salt water, and sea air, found instead a new way of life. Book Preview
The Ripple Effect
We all have a Westray story: where we were, who we knew, and what we knew about the mine that for years was promoted as a lifesaver for local jobs, and in a matter of months killed 26 men in an explosion heard around the world. The Ripple Effect captures a few of those stories, ensuring those too young or not yet born at the time of Westray know the history, while inviting those of us on the very edges of the ripples to feel the impacts of an event that 34 years later, continues to influence lives and communities, every day. Reminding us all we have the right to safe working conditions, that the devastation of workplace deaths reach far beyond borders and the march of time. Reminding us we have a choice and can take action to ensure No More Westrays.
When Freddie Gardner Played
In these heartfelt memoirs Mary Sheehan shares her journey from farm girl to nurse, detailing life in the Aberdeen Hospital School of Nursing and the Town of New Glasgow in the years 1951-1954.
Faith, Hope and Love
In her second volume of memoirs, Mary (Foote) Sheehan takes us back to her childhood in rural Colchester County and shares memories of her father, a railroad man and devout Presbyterian whose faith, work ethic, and devotion to those ion need shaped her own life of Faith, Hope and Love. Mary (Foote) Sheehan is an author, registered nurse and brain tumour survivor. She and her husband Doug live in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Heavenly Eyes
Alex MacInnis shares his personal journey of faith, tragedy, love, and hope, from his childhood on Cape Breton Island to his time in the Navy and the heartbreak and joy of family life, all unfolding quietly and without question until a sudden health crisis and a profound event caused him to face his fears and share his story. Interested in our e-book version click here.
Why Me?
Growing up, Jim Swain was unknowing but always aware that some part of his history, himself, was missing. He shares with simple honesty his surprise at learning he was a foster child, his search for his birth family and descent into addiction and mental illness. With each slip into darkness that left him defeated but still breathing, he would ask: Why me? His search for answers ultimately led him on a path of healing that has redefined his life and reframed the question he still lives by today.