Winner, Design Edge Regional Design AwardShortlisted, Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice AwardAuthentic. Original. Inimitable. Mary Majka was one of Canada's great pioneering environmentalists. She was best known as a television host, a conservationist, and a driving force behind the internationally acclaimed Marys Point Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve on the Bay of Fundy. Sanctuary gives full expression to the intensely personal story of Mary's life. A daughter of privilege, a survivor of World War II Poland, an architect of dreams, Mary Majka became a passionate environmentalist intent on protecting fragile spaces and species for generations to come. In this amazing story of determination and foresight, Deborah Carr reveals a complex, indomitable, thoroughly human being -- flawed yet feisty, inspiring and inspired.
- ISBN10 086492710X
- ISBN13 9780864927101
- Publish Date 16 November 2014 (first published 24 September 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Imprint Goose Lane Editions
- Format eBook
- Pages 248
- Language English