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Bilingual Being

Kathleen Saint-Onge

2013288 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013McGill-Queen's University Press · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780773588271
  • 2013McGill-Queen's University Press · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780773541191

This gutsy, immensely readable memoir traces the influence of the author's mother tongue in the formation of her identity, and the role her second language played in providing a psychological sanctuary. The author recounts the emotional gains and losses of a life lived in two languages and the changing role of the Catholic Church.

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