So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh? Stuff to Know Before You Go

by McCartney, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780762495078
• ISBN10: 0762495073
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-06-25
• Publisher: Running Press Adult

Summary

For anyone who's considering moving to (or just visiting) maple leaf country, laugh as you learn about America's friendly northern neighbor with this step-by-step guide to Canadian customs, pop culture, and slang.

Hilarious and honest, So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh will delight your politically disgruntled friends, nudge your bleeding-heart neighbor to hit the road, and inspire you to plan for (or daydream about) your own Canadian getaway. Written by New York Times bestselling author (and born-and-bred Canuck) Jennifer McCartney and peppered with creative doodles, charts, and graphs, this comprehensive guide will teach you everything you need to know about Canada, including:

• The food (learn to love seal flipper pie, ketchup chips, and timbits)
• Contributions to the arts and pop culture (Celine Dion, Margaret Atwood, Justin Bieber)
• How to fit in once you're there (notes on "eh" and beyond)
• Bewildering residency rules, demystified
• Unique laws and customs
• Colorful slang, explained
• History and a primer on Canadian provinces

Author Biography

Jennifer McCartney is the New York Times bestselling author of The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place and its follow up, The Joy of Doing Just Enough. She is also the author of Cocktails for Drinkers, Poetry from Scratch, and the bestselling novel Afloat published by Hamish Hamilton. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Vice, CBC, Teen Vogue, Apartment Therapy, BackpackerMagazine, etc. She also writes regularly for Publishers Weekly. She was born and raised in Canada.