Broad Is the Way: Stories from Mayerthorpe

Contents

Contents Foreword by Sara Norquay vii Preface ix 1 As the Twig Is Bent 1 2 Holy Matrimony 8 3 We Arrive in Mayerthorpe 14 4 Not by Bread Alone 21 5 Money Back Guaranteed 25 6 No Hornets Here 28 7 Mr. Kringsberg’s Christmas Dinner 31 8 In a Pinch, Use Tarpaper 35 9 Sweet Singing in the Choir 40 10 Nobody Asked Me to Buy a Ticket 44 11 No 911 in the 1950s 47 12 Don’t Tell Your Husband Everything 51 13 Best to Hang On to a Big Jack 54 14 Glad We Didn’t Have Noah’s Animals 56 15 Never Mess with the WCTU 61 16 You Need to Dress Up for a Wedding 64 17 Purged of Pity and Fear 69 18 Too Bad They Don’t Brew Beer 73 19 Scrub Trees May Have Deep Roots 78 20 Sympathy and Prejudice Come with a Crack on the Head 83 21 Recycling Gallon Cans 87 22 Founding Edmonton’s United Community Fund 92 23 Learning to Be a Woman 98 v This page intentionally left blank ...