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Mary Majka, a Polish-Canadian immigrant, survived personal tragedy and incarceration during World War II to become a pioneer in Canada's environmental movement. She hosted a children's TV show, started the first children's nature centre in a national park, and fought to create the internationally acclaimed Mary's Point Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve on the Bay of Fundy. Her story has been featured on CBC television and in magazines such as Chatelaine and Harrowsmith. Sanctuary gives full expression to Mary Majka's life, her talent for storytelling, and her passionate commitment to preserving the environment for generations to come. Present-day scenes, interviews with the author, and passages of reportage engage the reader in a shared remembering -- a vivid glimpse of Mary today: aging, flawed, and feisty.
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Shortlisted, Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award
Authentic. Original. Inimitable. Mary Majka is one of Canada's great pioneering environmentalists. She is 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.
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Winner, Design Edge Regional Design Award
Shortlisted, Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award
Authentic. 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.
Synopsis
Authentic. Original. Inimitable. Mary Majka is one of Canadas great pioneering environmentalists. She is 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 Marys 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.