{"product_id":"9781443100175","title":"Dear Canada: To Stand on My Own","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dark threat of polio becomes a reality for a young Prairie girl.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nIn the summer of 1937, life on the Prairies is not easy. The Great Depression has brought great hardship, and young Noreen's family must scrimp to make ends meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nIn a horrible twist of fate, Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is placed in an isolation ward, unable to move her legs. After a few weeks she gains partial recovery, but her family makes the painful decision to send her to a hospital far away for further treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003ci\u003eTo Stand On My Own\u003c\/i\u003e is Noreen's diary account of her journey through recovery: her treatment; life in the ward; the other patients, some of them far worse off than her; adjustment to life in a wheelchair and on crutches; and ultimately, the emotional and physical hurdles she must face when she returns home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nIn this moving addition to the Dear Canada series, award-winning author Barbara Haworth-Attard recreates a desolate time in Canadian history, and one girl's brave fight against a deadly disease.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Haworth-Attard (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Hardback \/ USED","offer_id":43856699097309,"sku":"9781443100175","price":7.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/6860\/1821\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4f3c3060-0f41-43d8-889e-ccffa8387a83.jpg?v=1685036611","url":"https:\/\/thenextchaptergp.com\/products\/9781443100175","provider":"The Next Chapter  -  Books, Puzzles and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}