Throw a Tomato by Jim Erskine

Throw a Tomato by Jim Erskine

A VERY POLITICAL FAMILY

This book illuminates a series of scenes, sketches and reminiscences from the 20th century journey of three-plus generations of what became a very political family.

The author, Vera Kristiansen (nee Sharko), grew up in a Russo-Ukrainian immigrant family on a homestead in the rural backwoods of northern Alberta. Struggling to resist the usual expectation for girls in this area, she set out to acquire a career and to travel until, at age 27, she met and married a young man from downtown Vancouver.

Finding herself an integral part of a three generation, Anglo-Danish family of farmer-labour political activisits, she quickly took her place alongside, sometimes leading, sometimes following, while juggling the raising of three children and household management on a woodworker's wage. Both she and her husband, Lyle, went on to serve in elected office; she in Nelson, B.C., and he in Ottawa.

Interspersed throughout her narrative are numerous anecdotes, often amusing, of family, community, and political life, mixed with local and national events and some political and historical commentary.

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Erskine, Jim: - Jim Erskine is a humorist and writer who has published more than a dozen children's and humor books in more than fifteen years. He holds a degree in folklore from Western Kentucky University, owns his own greeting card company, and has had artwork published in Cosmopolitan, Campus Life, and other national publications. Erskine also shares the honor of being the founding member of the Kentucky-based Ugly Necktie Society of America.

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ISBN 13	9780517538654
ISBN 10	0517538652
Title	Throw a Tomato
Author	Jim Erskine
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House Value Publishing
Year published	1984-02-01
Number of pages	92
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.