Village Squire, 1976-07, Page 30BOOKS
Books on love and friendship and newspaper life
BY ELLEN STAFFORD
The best coffee tables will boast a copy of
Between Friends -- Entre Amis, the
sumptuous picture book which Prime
Minister Trudea presented to U.S. President
Gerald Ford to commemorate the second
centennial of the U.S.A. , — —
It's a weighty tome, packed with
photographs taken by leading Canadian
photographers and edited by Lorraine Monk.
The idea was to produce a picture -story of the
famous undefended border once described as
being on the one side impossible to defend
and on the other unnecessary to defend. Be
that as it may, the first edition will no doubt
be snapped up: the second edition will cost
considerably more, so the wise bookshop
browser will pick up a copy now. Reports are
that copies of the first edition are likely to be
in short supply, so enthusiastic is the
response.
The photographs are certainly stunning.
Some sort of commentary to link or describe
or otherwise celebrate the pictorial presenta-
tion, (or the occasion) might have added to
the book's significance on both sides of the
border and the ommision of identifying
captions makes for some unwieldiness, since
the photographs are described at the back,
making for some inconvenience in back -and -
forth viewing. And it's a very heavy book.
The length and scope of the border are
dramatized effectively and the photographs
succeed remarkably well in conveying some
sense of the majesty and variety of the
scenery, giving as well some fascinating
photographs of the people who live their
lives along the border or straddling it.
Between Friends -- Entre Amis, edited by
Lorraine Monk, published by McClelland and
Stewart. 529.50
C.F.R.B's Betty Kennedy, familiar
throughout Canada for her long-time stint on
Front Page Challenge, has written a brief
book about the time of hen husband's dying,
which manages to be both frank and reticent
at the same time. It's not by any means a
depressing book: on the contrary, it testifies
to the strength that comes when it is needed,
and though some might consider the topic a
depressing one, to many it will prove a source
of comfort and inspiration.
Gerhard -- A Love Story by Betty Kennedy,
published by Macmillan. 55.95,
When Lotta Dempsey decided she wanted
to be a reporter, her father told her a
newspaper office was no place for a lady. No
place, either, he might have said, for the
retiring or reticent. Ms. Dempsey tells of her
meetings with many famous and some
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infamous people, is frank about which ones
she liked and which she disliked, in an
account of her years as reporter and finally
columnist for. a Toronto newspaper. The lady
managed to have a lot of fun and is still in love
with her job.
No Place for a Lady -- by Lotta Dempsey,
published by Musson. 510.95
The hardcover edition of Six War Years by
Barry Broadfoot was popular, and now there
is a paperback edition from Paperjacks, 55.95
to match the paperback edition of Ten Lost
Years, his study of the Depression in Canada
Mrs. Stafford is proprietress of Fanfare
Books, Stratford.
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