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his last book, Will told us how to be Canadian; now in this book,
he will tell us what it means to be Canadian. And what Will finds
out along the way is that Canada in its development and in its
current state is really a series of outposts — not only
geographically but culturally.
Will’s
journey takes him to far-flung isolated communities as well as
deep into Canada’s urban centres. From the “million-acre
farm” that is P.E.I. to the tobacco belt of southern Ontario,
from the architectural mess that is Montreal to the glorious jumble
that is St. John’s, from a renegade republic in northwestern
New Brunswick to a tundra buggy in the polar bear migration paths
of Hudson Bay, Will explodes the myths of who we are.
Funny,
poignant and insightful, Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
is a provocative tribute to our quirky and fascinating country.
REVIEW QUOTES
Praise
for Will Ferguson:
“Will Ferguson is a talent. He writes refreshingly, provocatively
and eloquently. He takes on issues from a contrarian’s perspective,
but never exceeds the bounds of reason. He looks for the essence
and his search brings out some smashingly insightful stuff.”
—Ottawa Citizen
“The
funniest writer in Canada.”
—National Post
“Ferguson
possesses a crafty eye for detail, not to mention a highly developed
understanding of the essential folly in what passes for everyday
life.”
—Edmonton Journal
“Lively,
knowledgeable, opinionated, disrespectful, debatable, and immensely
readable.”
—The Gazette (Montreal)
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
The
author/co-author of eight books of non-fiction and one novel,
Will Ferguson is one of Canada’s best-selling writers. His
first book, Why I Hate Canadians was a bestseller
and established him as an iconoclastic writer; his most recent,
How to Be a Canadian, co-authored with his brother
Ian, has been a Globe and Mail bestseller for over eighty
weeks. His other books of non-fiction include Bastards
and Boneheads and Canadian History for Dummies.
His first novel, Happiness™ , won the 2002
Leacock Medal for Humour and the 2002 Canadian Authors Association
Award for Fiction. It is now published in twenty-nine countries
and twenty-three languages. Will lives in Calgary with his wife,
Terumi, and their sons, Alex and Alister.
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