![]() ![]() That one morning, things were so chaotic in my house, it even chased out the fear. ![]() It was like a tar sticking to me, the anxiety. I did not think that I could ever escape it. It was the first time in a couple of months that I woke up without the fear flooding my veins. I think that moment was a turning point for me. The title of your memoir comes from a pivotal conversation with a friend, during which she encouraged you to write and told you, “I know what you’ve crawled out of … you’ve got guts, luv, you’ve got pluck.” What does that word mean to you? ![]() Here, the award-winning author – and former fish-factory worker – talks to The Globe about the tenacity it took to build a literary life. Pluck: A Memoir of a Newfoundland Childhood and the Raucous, Terrible, Amazing Journey to Becoming a Novelist is that rare book that pulls the curtain back on working life, illuminating both its stresses and sorrows and its unexpected joys. That’s one of the reasons why Donna Morrissey’s new memoir is so remarkable. So often for those struggling economically, daily existence is reduced to survival and reflection becomes a luxury not easily afforded. But it’s still hard to find stories of working-class lives in bookstores. Memoirs are wildly popular at the moment, with a wave of new titles out this fall. ![]()
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