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Perdita Felicien’s beautifully written ‘My Mother’s Daughter’ is a ‘love letter to my mother’
We know Perdita Felicien as a Canadian and world champion hurdler, two-time Olympian and, now, as a CBC broadcaster. The result is the beautifully written and compelling memoir “My Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir of Struggle and Triumph.” The Star spoke to Felicien on the day her book launched. And Nova, my own daughter, shows up in the final pages — there’s four generations of this family you can see evolve. For me, (with this book) I saw my mother’s humanity, saw her as a woman, not my mother, not my friend. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...For a long time my mother wanted to tell her story.
Source: thestar April 02, 2021 10:04 UTC
