![]() Pauline knew she was going to die young and knew exactly how she was going to die. I would sit at her feet and to listen to her tell stories going all the way back to my great-aunt Pauline. "I had stories growing up from my mom and from my grandmother Alice, who was an amazing storyteller. McKay spoke with Shelagh Rogers about writing the award-winning memoir. Ami McKay, Michael Crummey among winners for the 2020 Atlantic Book Awards. ![]() In June of 2020, Daughter of Family Gwon the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award, which recognizes a work of nonfiction by a Nova Scotian writer, and the $2,500 Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award for non-fiction, which recognizes books that "have contributed the most to the enjoyment and understanding of Nova Scotia and its people." In the memoir Daughter of Family G, McKay explores this family history while grappling with the fact she tested positive for the gene while raising a family of her own. Her family has a history of dying young, thanks to a genetic disorder called Lynch syndrome. ![]() 28, 2019.Īmi McKay is a Nova Scotia author whose books include The Birth House and The Virgin Cure. ![]()
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