Katherine Covell
Author of The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada
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Katherine Covell is Professor of Psychology and Executive Director of the Children's Rights Centre at Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Maybe Logic : The Lives And Ideas Of Robert Anton Wilson [2003 film] (2003) — Producer, some editions — 12 copies
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Lydia is separated from her family during the beginning of the genocide, forced to endure a brutal march that killed many of her fellow Armenians, sold into slavery, rescued and married to a man she’d never met in England. Just when she thought her life might settle down, she survives the London blitz and the increasing hostility against non-English during WW2 and afterwards.
The details of the many hardships Lydia endures are grim and traumatic, but what shines through is her courage, adaptability, and resilience. It is, in the end, a hopeful book, though I find today’s white nationalism seems far too like the stories in this book. We must be on guard.
This is a must read because, while every school child is taught about the holocaust during WW2 in Europe, little if any time is given to discussion of this equally horrific incident. It is a profound disservice to the survivors to neglect and forget this history.
It’s also a must read because, quite frankly, it’s an excellent book! Read it! Lydia’s quiet heroism creates a story that brings light, one that we could use in our current worrying times.… (more)