Celebrate Women Virtually in 2021!
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Thanks to everyone who helped make the 25th annual Celebrate Women a success! On March 25th, CFUW - Sudbury, in partnership with the YWCA and LEAF Sudbury presented the 25th annual Celebrate Women. This year's event was held virtually.
This year's author was the prize winning Canadian novelist Mary Lawson. She spoke about her new book A Town Called Solace which, like her previous books, is set in Northern Ontario. |
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Tickets & Books
Ticket and book sales are now closed. If you have any questions please email [email protected] or call Christine Tworo at 705-691-0935.
Book Sponsorships
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Major Sponsors |
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In addition to attending Celebrate Women Virtually 2021, another way to support the work of CFUW Sudbury, YWCA Sudbury, and LEAF Sudbury is through a book sponsorship. For a $100 contribution, a copy of A Town Called Solace will be placed in a secondary school, post-secondary, or public library of your choice, and your support is recognized with a dedication in the book. Individuals, groups, and businesses often choose to honour or remember friends, family, and colleagues in this way. Click here to download the book sponsorship form. Funds raised support scholarships totaling $8,000 for young women in Sudbury.
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About the book:
As A TOWN CALLED SOLACE opens, we meet a family in crisis: their rebellious teenage daughter, Rose, has disappeared. Weeks have passed with no word, but still Rose's little sister, Clara, keeps a daily vigil at the living-room window, hoping that Rose will come back. Feisty and fierce, Clara is not only missing Rose; she is also missing her elderly friend and next-door neighbour, Mrs. Orchard, a retired schoolteacher who is away in hospital. While standing at the window, Clara keeps an eye out for Rose and an eye on Mrs. Orchard's house.
Then, one afternoon, a strange young man in a strange car pulls into Mrs. Orchard's driveway and proceeds to move into the house as if he owns the place. Which it turns out he does: Mrs. Orchard has died and left it to him. Soon we discover that Clara's beloved Mrs. Orchard has a complicated and tragic past, and the real mystery at the heart of this novel is what happened between her and Liam, the man in the car.
A TOWN CALLED SOLACE is told in three distinct, compelling voices – Clara's, Mrs. Orchard's, and Liam's – cutting back and forth to carefully uncover the layers of grief, remorse, and love that connect families, both the ones we're born into and the ones we choose, and steadily building towards an assured, heart-wrenching and (despite its losses) uplifting ending.
Then, one afternoon, a strange young man in a strange car pulls into Mrs. Orchard's driveway and proceeds to move into the house as if he owns the place. Which it turns out he does: Mrs. Orchard has died and left it to him. Soon we discover that Clara's beloved Mrs. Orchard has a complicated and tragic past, and the real mystery at the heart of this novel is what happened between her and Liam, the man in the car.
A TOWN CALLED SOLACE is told in three distinct, compelling voices – Clara's, Mrs. Orchard's, and Liam's – cutting back and forth to carefully uncover the layers of grief, remorse, and love that connect families, both the ones we're born into and the ones we choose, and steadily building towards an assured, heart-wrenching and (despite its losses) uplifting ending.
About the author:
MARY LAWSON was born and brought up in a small farming community in Ontario. She is the author of Crow Lake, and The Other Side of the Bridge, both international bestsellers. Crow Lake was a New York Times bestseller and was chosen as a Book of the Year by The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. The Other Side of the Bridge was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Lawson lives in England but returns to Canada frequently.