Skip to main content
The work of her hands : a prairie woman's life in remembrances and recipes : a memoir

The work of her hands : a prairie woman's life in remembrances and recipes : a memoir

Book 2010

The Work of Her Hands is Plynn Gutman's effort to capture the stories of her grandmother's life and to recreate a way of life that has all but vanished from our memories. Marie Anne Lacaille would have said she was an ordinary woman, but to her granddaughter and her family, she was an inspiration, the source of her family's strength and an incredible cook. From her move to Saskatchewan from Quebec in the early 1900s, to her raising a family throu...