![]() “We burst into tears, wailing in utter terror at this complete loss of stability in our world.” ![]() ![]() The children eventually devolved into tears, perhaps the more age-appropriate response than their impressive philosophical stance. The story of her kindergarten classmates standing up to their anti-semitic teacher was both shocking (the bigotry) and delightful (the civil disobedience of 5-year olds). Other snapshots demonstrate how even at a young age the author had absorbed her parents’ ethics. With their values, such as providing temporary housing for draft dodgers and deserters. The book is built from chronological anecdotes that display how her parents imbued her All are grounded in her upbringing by her progressive parents who routinely marched for peace, and for civil rights, bringing along their young daughter as both witness and participant. ![]() In the author’s coming of age memoir, about growing up in the ‘60s in Toronto, she weaves a tapestry of words, a kaleidoscope of psychedelic experiences. ![]()
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