The author Angie Abdou discusses her new memoir This One Wild Life (ECW Press, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

This One Wild Life by Angie Abdou (ECW Press, 2021). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: This One Wild Life

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Angie Abdou joins me now. She’s just published a new memoir, This One Wild Life. When she realises her once lively young daughter has developed some shyness, she looks for something they can do together. In a previous book, Angie wrote about parenting a hockey player, her son. Now, it’s her daughter’s turn at the heart of a book. It is decided that they would hike a peak a week. Over the summer, would they bond in the bucolic woods of Fernie, British Columbia? What would they learn about each other? What would Angie learn about herself? I’ll ask those questions as well as look at whether the goals set are met. There’s also a lot of research that Angie presents, from books that she reads along the way. Angie Abdou is the author of five novels, including The Bone Cage, which was a CBC Canada Reads finalist, and was the 2011-12 MacEwan Book of the Year. Her memoir on hockey parenting was entitled Home Ice. She is also an associate professor of creative writing at Athabasca University. Her Twitter handle is @angie_abdou. This new book is published by ECW Press. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Angie Abdou; Ms. Abdou, good morning.

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