Wreck: a very anxious memoir (eBook)
by Kelley Jo Burke
eBook (Non Fiction)
8.5" x 5.25" · 168 pages
Release Date: May 2021
ISBN 9781989274446
by Kelley Jo Burke
eBook (Non Fiction)
8.5" x 5.25" · 168 pages
Release Date: May 2021
ISBN 9781989274446
by Kelley Jo Burke
eBook (Non Fiction)
8.5" x 5.25" · 168 pages
Release Date: May 2021
ISBN 9781989274446
Kelley Jo Burke embarks on a wild journey to understand many things, including the part where her grandfather sort of murdered her grandmother. Returning to a house filled with her first memories of childhood, she begins to explore the complex origins of her own anxiety. Along the way, she reflects on alienation and immigration, mental health and generational trauma, and the nature of memory itself. A memoir filled with raw honesty, comedy, tragedy, and grace.
Kelley Jo Burke
Kelley Jo Burke is an award-winning Regina playwright, creative nonfiction writer and documentarian, and was for many years host of CBC Radio's SoundXchange. She was the 2017 winner (with composer Jeffery Straker) of Playwright Guild of Canada's national Best New Musical Award for Us, which premiered at the Globe Theatre 2018. Her new musical The Curst will premiere at Dancing Sky Theatre in Saskatchewan when the pandemic says it can. Her work includes four books, a dozen or so plays, and eight creative nonfiction documentaries for CBC Radio's IDEAS. She was the 2009 winner of the Sask. Lieutenant-Governor's Award for Leadership in the Arts, the 2008 Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award for Playwriting, and has received the City of Regina Writing Award three times.