My Journey: A Memoir

✍ Scribed by Chow, Olivia

• Book ID: 107823798
• Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 534 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781443428293

✦ Synopsis

What drives Olivia Chow? How did she emerge from a turbulent childhood to become an inspiring political force? What influences and events have shaped her life? And how is she continuing her quest after losing her partner in life and politics?

When she was thirteen, Olivia's middle-class family moved from Hong Kong to Toronto, but the transition was difficult. Her mother went from having a maid to being a maid. Her father failed to carve out a working life for himself in Canada--frustrated and bitter, he lashed out at Olivia's mother and violence darkened their lives. A rebellious yet playful child, Olivia discovered self-discipline and became an excellent student in Canada, studying fine art and philosophy at university. After graduating, Olivia worked for a time as a sculptor. Then, driven by a desire to achieve social change, the artist became an activist, and she launched her political career.

As a popular and much-admired school trustee and Toronto city...