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Darwin's moving
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- Book Synopsis
- In a city known for wealth and prosperity, the divide between haves and have-nots is rarely clearer than on moving day, when those two worlds come together in intimate fashion. Violent ex-cons and drug addicts are invited into spacious homes, entrusted with the care and transport of the possessions of the upper classes - a unique bridging of two normally segregated worlds.Darwin's Moving is an intriguing and affecting exploration of class divides by a journalist and former mover. Taylor Lambert takes us behind the scenes of a familiar industry that is almost completely undocumented in Canadian literature to reveal the cycles of poverty and addiction that ensnare its workers. This is the Other Calgary, a world populated by transient men and women struggling to survive in a boomtown's shadow.
- About The Author
- Taylor Lambert was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and eventually settled in Calgary, Alberta. He is a journalist who has published three previous books, including Leaving Moose Jaw and the Calgary bestseller Rising: Stories of the 2013 Alberta Flood. To pay for tuition and later to offset his freelance writing, Taylor worked moving furniture, which led to the idea to write a book centred on the moving industry: Darwin's Moving. Taylor currently resides in Calgary.For more information on Taylor Lambert and his books, please visit taylorlambert.ca.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781988732039
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- NeWest Press, (01 September 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 145
- Weight
- 454 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 142 x 216 x 16 mm
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