Aunt Winnie
By: Elspeth Cameron
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781770862906; 9781770862920; 9781770862913
Subjects: Family; Aunts; Biography; Socialites; Debutantes; Social life and customs
Description: GG-nominated biographer Elspeth Cameron takes on a member of her own family in this fascinating study of an Edwardian woman. Winnie Cameron, Elspeth's aunt, was born in Seattle, raised briefly in Dawson City, and then moved to Toronto to live in Rosedale with her family in the 1910s. Over the course of her life, she saw the city change from one dominated by the English and Scotish immigrants, horse-drawn buggies, to a multicultural city where the car reigned supreme. But Winnie wasn't able to keep up with the times: she remained a perpetual debutante, and eventually became a bankrupt, unable to cope with the demands of her changing times.
Notes: Issued also in electronic format.