LAST DANCE IN SHEDIAC, Memories of Mum, Molly Lamb Bobak, by Anny Scoones (2015 1st Ed.)

Author: Anny Scoones. Published by Touch Wood Editions, 2015, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada at Friesens. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 153 pages. 

LAST DANCE IN SHEDIAC, Memories of Mum, Molly Lamb Bobak, by Anny Scoones, is a collection of the authors personal memories of her mothercelebrated Canadian artist Molly Lamb Bobakand a tender meditation on life and death.

Molly Lamb Bobak, the subject of this book, was the first woman to travel overseas as an official Canadian war artist. She was also the daughter of famous Canadian artist Harold Mortimer-Lamb, whose contemporaries included Emily Carr, A.Y. Jackson, and Jack Shadbolt. In this homage to her artist mother, Anny Scoones rounds out her mothers public profile by revealing personal stories.

Annys memories reveal the funny and touching details of her relationship with Molly, from the road trips they took together to the visits Molly would make to Victoria to visit Anny on Glamorgan Farm, and the lovely chaos that ensued when Annys five dogs would greet Molly in the car. Anny shares their little inside jokes and the memories they made together in a way that brings their connectionbeyond motherdaughter bond to close friendship to life for the reader.

ISBN: 9781771511384  

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