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Consumer prices are suggestions only and do not reflect the prices at which books and other products will be sold. fall 2010 3 n this deeply moving memoir, Margaret Trudeau speaks with Icandour and insight about the illness that silently shaped her life—a life lived often in turbulence and in the public’s fasci- nation. Plagued since childhood by extreme moods, Margaret was ill-prepared for the high-profile role into which she was cast at age twenty-two, as Canada’s youngest first lady. Capti- vated by her high spirits, youth and beauty, Canadians fell in love with Margaret, just as they had with her charismatic hus- band, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, three years earlier. When their first son, Justin, was born on Christmas Day and their second son, Sacha, on the same day two years later, this “I believe that I was born bipolar couple seemed almost enchanted. but that it took nearly fifty years for But away from the cameras and the public appearances, and increasingly isolated at 24 Sussex Drive, Margaret struggled a true and proper diagnosis, and for with a growing depression offset by bouts of mania. Her behav- me to be able to accept that fact.” iour seemed inexplicable to many—including to herself—and —from On Balance two years after the birth of their third son, Michel, the mar- riage broke down. Gradually, though, a fragile stability took hold, as Margaret found happiness in work as a photographer margaret trudeau and in her marriage to Fried Kemper. But the tragic death of Mi- chel Trudeau, closely followed by Pierre Trudeau’s own passing, On Balance caused her to spiral into suicidal depression. Finally accepting AMemoir the diagnosis of bipolar, she sought medical treatment. Under intense international scrutiny, Margaret Trudeau MEMOIR • $34.99 CL has survived remarkable highs and devastating lows. Since ISBN: 978-1-55468-538-7 regaining control of her life, she has brought her formidable ONE-day LaydOwN: OCtOBER 19/10 passion to helping others, be they Canadians suffering from BIO026000 • 352 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 24 mental illness or families living without access to water half a 50 full-colour photos rights acquired: world/all languages world away. A recipient of the Society of Biological Psychiatry other rights: Michael A. Levine, Goodmans LLP Humanitarian Award, she now offers her journey of recovery, editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Rob Firing acceptance and hope, and generously shares with us many pre- viously unreleased photos, in one of the most important mem- oirs to come out of this country. MARGARETÊ TRUDEAUÊ was born in Vancouver, Canada, where she attended Simon Fraser University. The former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, she is also the author of two previous memoirs, BeyondÊ ReasonÊ (1979) and ConsequencesÊ (1982). Margaret now works with WaterCan, a registered charity dedi- cated to providing clean drinking water to the world s poorest people, and speaks across the country on mental health issues. She lives in Montreal. HARPER COLLINS HARPER PERENNIAL HARPER TROPHYCANADA C OLLINS HARPER WEEKEND HARPERPERENNIAL MODERNCLASSICS 4 harpercollins fall 2010 5 r. Brian Goldman is both an emergency room physician o five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It’s where he dat Mount Sinai and a prominent medical journalist. Nev- twas born and where he and his Ma eat and play and learn. er one to shy away from controversy, Goldman specializes in At night, Ma puts him safely to sleep in the wardrobe, in case kicking open the doors to the medical establishment, revealing Old Nick comes. The popular host of CBC Radio’s what really goes on behind the scenes—and in the minds of Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it’s the prison where White Coat, Black Art takes us to the doctors and nurses. Old Nick has kept her for seven years, since she was nineteen. This room is not on any map In The Night Shift, Goldman shares his experiences in the Through ingenuity and determination, Ma has created a life for front line of emergency medicine witching hours at Mount Sinai Hospital in downtown Toronto. herself and her son, but she knows it’s not enough for either of We meet the kinds of patients who walk into an ER after mid- them. Jack’s curiosity is building alongside Ma’s desperation— emma donoghue dr. brian goldman night: late-night revellers injured on their way home after last and Room can’t contain either of them for much longer . call, teens assaulted in the streets by other teens and a woman Told entirely in the inventive, often funny voice of Jack, Room the Night Shift who punches another woman out of jealousy over a man. But Room is a celebration of the resilient bond between parent and A Novel Goldman also reveals the emotional, heartbreaking side of child, and a brilliantly executed novel about a journey from one RealL ifein t heHear tof t heE R everyday ER visits: adult children forced to make life and death world to another. FICtION • $29.99 CL decisions about critically ill parents, victims of sexual assault, ISBN: 978-1-55468-831-9 • SHIPPING IN auGuSt HEaLtH/HEaLtH CaRE • $29.99 CL FIC019000 • 352 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 24 ISBN: 978-1-55468-391-8 • SHIPPING IN SEPtEMBER and mentally ill and homeless patients looking for understand- EMMAÊ DONOGHUEÊ has published six novels, including the rights acquired: Canada/English language HEA028000 • 272 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 32 ing and a quick fix in the twenty-four-hour waiting room. Writ- internationally acclaimed and bestselling Slammerkin,Ê LifeÊ MaskÊ other rights: Little, Brown U.S. rights acquired: world/all languages ten with Goldman’s trademark honesty and with surprising and TheÊ SealedÊ Letter, which was longlisted for the Giller Prize. editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Emma Ingram other rights: Rick Broadhead & Associates humour, The Night Shift is also a frank look at many issues fac- Born in Ireland, Donoghue lives in London, Ontario, with her editor: Jim Gifford • publicist: Lindsey Love ing the medical profession today, and offers a highly compelling partner and their two children. Visit the author online at www. inside view into an often shrouded world. emmadonoghue.com. For more than twenty years, DR.ÊBRIANÊGOLDMANÊ has been “Emma donoghue’s writing is superb alchemy, changing in- a highly regarded emergency physician at Toronto s Mount Si- nocence into horror and horror into tenderness. Room is a nai Hospital, and he has parlayed his medical expertise into an book to read in one sitting. when it’s over and you look up, the world looks the same but you are somehow different, award-winning career in medical journalism. CBC Radio One s and that feeling lingers for days.” h ouse doctor, Dr. Goldman is also the host of the radio pro- audrey niffenegger, author of the time traveler's gram WhiteÊ Coat,Ê BlackÊ Art, which airs on CBC Radio. He lives wife and her fearful symmetry in Toronto with his wife and two children. “I loved Room. Such incredible imagination, and dazzling “What’s wrong with me, doctor?” It’s a typical ques- use of language. and with all this, an entirely credible, en- tion, even if it’s not spoken out loud. But it’s in their dearing little boy. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read before.” anita shreve eyes; it hovers in the air as I take down their medical history. Some ask an even tougher question: “Am I going to die?” They want answers and sometimes I have them, even if they’re not the answers they want also available by emma donoghue or pray to hear.