Penguin Group (Canada) - Donna Morrissey

A note from Donna…

My mother always said that we are of our own making, and that we each have our own story. In my later years, I read deeply into the works of Carl Jung. He wrote that we all live within myth, and a route to meaningful living is to find that myth and bridge it to everyday life.

During those times, when I falter with my own doings or become lost within a feeling, I return to the myth. Or sometimes I might turn to my mum who I carry within and query such thoughts as "Mum, remember when you used to buff the down off the birds before cooking them—how was it that you used to hold them so gently?”

And as she answers, “So's not to break the skin, child, and sap the oil from the meat...” I write her words...

Donna Morrissey is the author of three award-winning novels, Kit's Law, Downhill Chance, Sylvanus Now, and a screenplay, Clothesline Patch, which won a Gemini Award. Her work has been translated into several different languages. Morrissey grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland, and now lives in Halifax.



	A note from Donna… My mother always said that we are of our own making, and that we each have our own story. In my later years, I read deeply into the works of Carl Jung. He wrote that we all live within myth, and a route to meaningful living is to find that myth and bridge it to everyday life. During those times, when I falter with my own doings or become lost within a feeling, I return to the myth. Or sometimes I might turn to my mum who I carry within and query such thoughts as "Mum, remember when you used to buff the down off the birds before cooking them—how was it that you used to hold them so gently?” And as she answers, “So's not to break the skin, child, and sap the oil from the meat...” I write her words... Donna Morrissey is the author of three award-winning novels, Kit's Law, Downhill Chance, Sylvanus Now, and a screenplay, Clothesline Patch, which won a Gemini Award. Her work has been translated into several different languages. Morrissey grew up in the Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland, and now lives in Halifax. Photographs courtesy of Bryan McBurney Photography