{"product_id":"kate-and-the-composers-9781038347114","title":"Kate and the Composers","description":"A blend of fact and fiction, Kate and the Composers follows Kate Bourke, a young girl who emigrates from Ireland with her family to make a new life in Toronto in the late nineteenth century. After leaving school in Grade 8 to help support her family, she works as a maid and then a proofreader, but harbours a secret desire to become a writer. Music is her north star, and Kate draws inspiration and consolation throughout her life from her Uncle Frederick's popular song, \"The Flight of Ages.\" Her marriage to a flautist and composer who is starting a musician's union brings a new set of challenges while she tries to pursue her dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulley, Joanne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joanne Culley is an award-winning writer and documentary producer whose previous books are Love in the Air: Second World War Letters and Claudette on the Keys. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Peterborough Examiner, Legion Magazine, Canada's History, and Our Canada; in anthologies, as well as on CBC, Bravo Network, and TVOntario. She received the \"In Celebration of Women\" media award. She has an MA in English Literature from the University of Toronto and a Certificate in Creative Writing from the Humber School for Writers. She grew up in Toronto and now lives in Peterborough, Ontario.","brand":"FriesenPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860250001682,"sku":"9781038347114","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eba1270b-3ac1-4d8f-a3de-6a1ff4255ae3.jpg?v=1767781433","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kate-and-the-composers-9781038347114","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}