Where I Live Now

• Where I Live Now is a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction

When Sharon Butala's husband, Peter, died unexpectedly, she found herself with no place to call home. Torn by grief and loss, she fled the ranchlands of southwest Saskatchewan and moved to the city, leaving almost everything behind. A lifetime of possessions was reduced to a few boxes of books, clothes and keepsakes. But a lifetime of experience went with her and a limitless well of memory of personal failures, of a marriage that everybody said would not last but did, of the unbreakable bonds of family.

• Sharon Butala on conjuring the writing spirits

Reinventing herself in an urban landscape was painful, and facing her new life as a widow tested her very being. Yet out of this hard-won new existence comes an astonishingly frank, compassionate and moving memoir that offers not only solace and hope but inspiration to those who endure profound loss.

• The novel that transports Sharon Butala home to rural Saskatchewan
• How Sharon Butala became a writer

Sharon Butala shares her insights into the grieving process and reveals the small triumphs and funny moments that kept her going. Where I Live Now is profound in its understanding of the many homes women must build for themselves in a lifetime. (From Simon & Schuster Canada)

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