A Newfoundland girl
“Sandra’s story about her family is one of many anecdotes she recounts in Ground to Stand On: A Canadian Literary Life. Growing up she finds that her young life is being shaped by social and economic forces beyond her control and the geography and landscape of Newfoundland. The book is part family memoir and part a recollection of her extraordinary career in academia.” Bill Paul reviews Ground to Stand On: A Canadian Literary Life, by Sandra Djwa (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2026) $34.95 / 9780228027706