Hot Breakfast for Sparrows: My Life with Harold Town

by Iris Nowell

244 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1992

About the author

Iris Nowell (7 March 1934 - 31 May 2018) was the author of seven books, including four books on Canadian art.

Her memoir, Hot Breakfast for Sparrows: My Life with Harold Town (1992), provides a unique perspective on Town’s life and art. Painters Eleven: The Wild Ones of Canadian Art (2010) won an Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.

Nowell served as trustee on the board of directors of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario, whose permanent collection of Painters Eleven art and archives is the largest in Canada.

Reviews

[Papershredder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable to read a personal account of what is was like experiencing a pivotal era in Canadian art history. It's a bit annoying at times, given it's written by his mistress of 28 years (or however long it was) and she seems at times to be garnering for sympathy. Harold was mean, but the sex was good. Harold was rich and wouldn't help out my failing business, but the sex was good.