Description:
She Was Never the Same by Susan Glasier was inspired by the life of the author's own grandmother. It is a moving story about one woman's tenacity, resilience, determination to be independent and liberated
Brief description: Susan Glasier was born in the United States but has lived in Canada for fifty years. Susan received a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Arizona in 1970 and a Master of Educational Administration from the University of Alberta in 1982. She worked at Olds College both as an instructor and curriculum developer in Olds, Alberta for twenty years. She ran her own business for two years then worked as an Executive Assistant for Prairie Turf Grass Research Center at Olds College for six years before retiring in 2006.She is a member of the Writer's Guild of Alberta. Her first book was Bend Like the Willow, Tale of an Arab Promise, a memoir based on her six-year marriage to an Algerian. She is also published in Women's Words: An Anthology published by the University of Alberta. She now lives with her husband, Robert, in Red Deer, Alberta. Between them they have four children, twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Review Quotes:
"Amelia Deschamps is a storm to be reckoned with - cantankerous, unsentimental, fiercely independent. Despite tragic loss and betrayal, she is uncompromising in her determination to live life on her own terms."
- Fran Kimmel, author of No Good Asking