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Before My Time
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  • Published: 18 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9780345809476
  • Imprint: Knopf Canadian Publishing
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99

Before My Time

A Memoir of Love and Fate

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24 Sept 2019
Audiobook
24 Sept 2019
Paperback
18 May 2021
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
 
WINNER OF THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON DARTMOUTH BOOK AWARD and the EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWARD
 
Previously published as Daughter of Family G

Weaving together touching scenes from her family history and her own life, Ami McKay's intimate and captivating memoir captures what it means to live fully even when you know your life may be cut short.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
 
WINNER OF THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON DARTMOUTH BOOK AWARD and the EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWARD
 
Previously published as Daughter of Family G

Weaving together touching scenes from her family history and her own life, Ami McKay's intimate and captivating memoir captures what it means to live fully even when you know your life may be cut short.
  • Published: 18 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9780345809476
  • Imprint: Knopf Canadian Publishing
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

Ami McKay

AMI MCKAY’s debut novel, The Birth House was a # 1 bestseller in Canada, winner of three CBA Libris Awards, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and a book club favourite around the world. While writing her new novel, The Witches of New York, she discovered several women in her family tree who were accused and tried for witchcraft. Born and raised in Indiana, Ami now lives in Nova Scotia.
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Praise for Before My Time

PRAISE FOR BEFORE MY TIME:

   • "McKay breathes new life into the ghosts of her deceased relatives, presenting them in vignettes as characters that readers come to care about. Conflicts abound throughout the memoir, captivating readers' interest and heightening the tension. . . . McKay should be commended for her honesty and thoroughness in tackling this difficult subject. Her memoir is a thought-provoking eye-opener that is hard to put down." --Winnipeg Free Press
   • "Ami McKay, how do you do it? . . . [Before My Time] is more than a memoir--it manages to unfold and examine all of our pasts. How do we define ourselves? What is destiny? Is fate as simple as it sounds, or can it be rewritten? . . . It was suspenseful and heartfelt and scary and wonderful." --Jann Arden