To Experience Wonder : Edna Staebler, a Life

by Ross, Veronica

• ISBN13: 9781550024623
• ISBN10: 1550024620
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-02
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Canada's foremost cookbook author began her career, not as a cook, but as a journalist writing for Canadian magazines. She was 60 when she turned her attention to food. Food That Really Schmecks immediately became a best-seller, and continues to sell 35 years later. It's more than a book of wonderful recipes - it also describes the Mennonite way of life. The success of that book led to two more Schmecks books and many other cookbooks. Edna has received the Order of Canada among many other awards.Over the years, Edna developed longstanding friendships with many of Canada's greatest writers, including Margaret Laurence, W.O. Mitchell, Sheila Burnford, and Pierre Berton. In 1991 she established The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction to recognize the first or second book of a Canadian writer.To Experience Wonderis the first book to explore behind the scenes of this successful writer's life. At the age of 97, Edna leads an active life at her cottage on Sunfish Lake, where she writes, reads, and welcomes the many aspiring writers who come to visit.

Author Biography

Veronica Ross lives in Kitchener, Ontario, with her husband, Richard O'Brien. She is the author of Hannah B., Order in the Universe, the popular Carolyn Archer mystery series, and other books. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
A Berlin Childhood	p. 31
University and Beyond	p. 48
Early Marriage	p. 60
All Hell Broke Loose	p. 73
Neil's Harbour--The Beginning of Everything	p. 91
More at Home in the Harbour than Elsewhere	p. 105
Publication	p. 116
She Knew She Was a Writer	p. 127
Bursting to Write	p. 143
Europe	p. 155
The Last Years as Mrs. Keith Staebler	p. 170
Divorce	p. 180
"It Became a Wonderful Life"	p. 193
Cape Breton Harbour--At Last	p. 210
More Food That Really Schmecks	p. 228
Maggie	p. 233
Dr. Edna Staebler	p. 246
The Cookie War	p. 253
A Wonderful Inspiration of What You Can Do With a Life	p. 260
The Good Things Just Kept Happening	p. 269
Order of Canada	p. 279
There Is No Ending	p. 284
Afterword	p. 299
Notes	p. 301
Selected Bibliography	p. 312
Acknowledgements	p. 315
Index	p. 319
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