A Glowing Dream
A Memoir

By Howard Pawley, Roland Penner ISBN: 1897289197 format: Paperback pages: 306 publisher: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing pub. date: 2007-09-28

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Winner of the 2008 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award.

Filled with fascinating personal anecdotes and peopled with colourful characters, Roland Penner's A Glowing Dream takes the reader on a historic and often tumultuous journey through Winnipeg's past. Drawing on memories and archival materials, Penner connects the political dots from his paternal ancestors who emigrated to Southern Russia at the time of Catherine the Great to his own political activities. Penner's father, Jacob, who was a social and political activist, arrived in Winnipeg with his family in 1904, one step ahead of Siberian exile. In Winnipeg Jacob met his future wife at a reception for Emma Goldman in 1908; both were kept under surveillance by the RCMP because they were considered dangerous subversives. Taking us from the often-romanticized early days of Winnipeg's North End to life in the public sphere, Penner recounts his role in many momentous political milestones such as Manitoba's new human rights legislation. As former government house leader and Attorney General, Penner shares the tribulations and triumphs of standing one's ground and fighting for one's beliefs.

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