15 memoirs by Canadian women worth reading

CBC Books | CBC | Posted: May 9, 2017 4:24 PM | Last Updated: July 7, 2017

Love reading personal stories? Then you're in luck! Here are 15 memoirs written by great Canadian women writers you should check out.

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Caption: Between Gods was shortlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. (Arsenal Pulp Press/Penguin Canada/Doubleday Canada)

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Caption: Something Fierce was the winner of Canada Reads 2012, when it was championed by Shad. (Douglas & McIntyre/Viking/Phyllis Bruce Books)

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Caption: Fallen by Kara Stanley explores her husband’s life-changing brain and spinal cord injury. (Doubleday/Greystone Books/BPS Books)

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Caption: Projection was shortlisted for the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award. (Greystone Books/Random House/Dundurn Press)

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Caption: Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter was longlisted for the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize. (Talon Books/Knopf/HarperCollins)

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