True North
A Memoir
Published on 8. June 2011
272 pages
978-0-307-79733-9 (ISBN)
Description
True North is the inspirational Canadian Chapter of Jill Ker Conway's life story, which began with her much love, bestselling memoir, The Road from Coorain. Beginning with her departure from Australia, Jill Ker Conway tells of her romance with Harvard House Master John Conway, of coming to grips with his manic-depressive disorder, and of their move to Canada in 1964 where she became the first female vice-president at the University of Toronto. In this vibrant memoir, we watch as a most private woman makes of herself a public persona in Canada.
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08/1995
Vintage Books
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08/1994
Knopf Publishing Group
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Jill Ker Conway
True North
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08/1994
Knopf Canada
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Person
Jill Ker Conway taught at the University of Toronto from 1964 to 1975 when she became the first woman president of Smith college. Since 1985 she has been a visiting scholar at MIT, and lives in Boston.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Northern Light
- 2. Harvard
- 3. John
- 4. Parachute Jump
- 5. Nightingales, Gods, and Demons
- 6. Entering the Fortress Culture
- 7. Learning to Wait
- 8. Touching Base
- 9. Historian
- 10. Climates of the Mind
- 11. Action Versus Contemplation
- 12. Learning on the Job
- 13. A Different Choice
