For Saint John's Elizabeth Cran, her latest book is the culmination of a lifetime of work. "When I was a child, I took out a library book, Lives of the Great Composers," Cran said in a phone call from her assisted living residence on Saint John's west side. Cran said she first became interested in Donizetti after taking out a library book about the lives of the great composers. (Wikimedia)Since there really wasn't a biography of Donizetti written in English, Cran said, she "wanted to write that book." Cran said she stopped writing book reviews five years ago, when the newspaper she wrote for decided to go with a syndicated column.

Source: CBC News August 01, 2021 12:00 UTC