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based on the Cameron family that lived in the Port Elgin Toronto area buried in the moseleum here Elspeth Cameron Cameron is a brilliant writer and Aunt Winnie may be her best book to date Elspeth Cameron I enjoyed this biography about Elspeth Cameron s aunt Cameron loved her aunt a woman who born into an afluent family and didn t change with the times I learned about the development of Toronto during the 20th Century as well Elspeth Cameron
Governor General s Literary Award nominated biographer Elspeth Cameron turns her eye on a member of her own family in this fascinating study of an Edwardian woman Winnie Cameron Elspeth s aunt was born in Seattle raised briefly in Dawson City and then moved to Toronto to live in Rosedale with her family in the 1910s Enjoying status as a member of Toronto s ruling Anglophile elite she became a perpetual debutante a lifestyle that left her bankrupt unable to cope with the demands of her changing times.
Aunt winnie's cookies Aunt Winnie is not just a study of one socialite s rise and fall Over the course of her life Winnie saw the city change from one dominated by the English and Scottish immigrants horse drawn buggies to a multicultural city where the car reigned supreme Her life is embedded in a greater story about Toronto of the early 20th century Aunt Winnie.
