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Using a Canadian migr lens David Wayne Stewarts essay collection True North Down South entertains and educates readers about immigrant and national identity cultural misunderstandings and belonging in the modern world
Stewarts Canadian identity was contested by Quebec separatists when he was a child then again in his adult life as an immigrant to the United States Along the way he found himself homesick in the US opening an immigration law clinic in North Carolina before he was thrust unexpectedly into a role as a professional Canadian
In engaging and compelling prose True North Down South tells twentyeight insightful and sometimes humorous personal stories of growing up in Canada and carving out an adult life in the United States Stewart details spending his childhood in an asbestos mining town in 1970s Quebec coming of age in Montreal establishing roots in the United States and promoting CanadianAmerican relations in Silicon Valley Charming and approachable this collection leaves readers with a deeper awareness of what it feels like to be an outsider a homesick immigrant and a bridgebuilder for two nations more culturally distinct than they appear