A memoir by local author, Therese Greenwood, is a finalist for the 2020 Alberta Book Publishing Awards from The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA).
The memoir, published by the University of Alberta Press, is an eyewitness account of the 2016 Horse River Wildfire evacuation.
Nominated in the Trade Non-fiction category, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family, and the Road Home, is also about the things, both physical and emotional that we carry with us in times of crisis.
“It’s an honour for the book to be nominated for a province-wide award by the BPAA,” said Greenwood. “The way people across Alberta rallied to support Fort McMurray evacuees during a time of crisis is a big part of the story.”
Greenwood was the recipient of the 2019 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and is a three-time finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award.
