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Laura M. MacDonald

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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http://www.laurammacdonald.com

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Nonfiction, Fiction

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I was born in Halifax. I've lived in Montreal, Toronto and New York. Consequently, I can no longer remember the preferred pronunciation and sometimes spelling of certain words such as process, route, pasta, cheque etc., but I do know that no one in Canada says aboot. It's more like a-boat.

Here is an explanation I stole from a Yahoo. "Non-CDNS will hear "house" as a 'funny' word, because the vowel 'ow' is followed by a voiceless consonant: s. The vowel changes to the 'uh'-ish sound - as in, 'The criminals house fugitives on a regular basis.' Non-Canadians will not hear 'house' as a funny word, because the vowel 'ow' is followed by a voiced consonant: z. The vowel, therefore, doesn't change.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 245 ratings · 31 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Very Strange Day it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kay Darling by Laura M. MacDonald, Alex Pugsley liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vtg Curse Of The Narrows - Laura M. Macdonald - Autographed Copy [Hardcover] Laura M. MacDonald 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women, Democracy, and Globalization in North America: A Comparative Study by Jane Bayes, Patricia Begné, Laura Gonzalez 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“quiet courage. "It's not the courage that allows you to run into a burning building. It's the kind that allows you to accept the unacceptable, bear the unbearable, keep going.”
― Laura M. MacDonald, Curse of the Narrows

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“The Mont Blanc, with 2,925 tons of explosives in barrels and kegs, packed in hermetically sealed holds inside a super-heated hull, was now the most powerful bomb the war and the world had ever produced.”
― Laura M. MacDonald, Curse of the Narrows

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Which work of non fiction do you want to read with the group in October 2017?

Letters from a Lost Generation: First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends by Mark Bostridge

4 votes, 44.4%

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

2 votes, 22.2%

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

2 votes, 22.2%

Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion 1917 by Laura M. MacDonald

1 vote, 11.1%

9 total votes

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