Please, Miss, Can I Play God? Notes and Sketches based on an adventure in dramatic play. Methuen, London, 1966. Bobbs-Merrill, NYC, 1966.edit
A book to trap any teacher who reads it into the same splendid, difficult, important heresies.
—Edward Blishen, The Listener, London (on Please, Miss, Can I Play God?)[2]
Joan Haggerty's first book is an early 1960s exploration of creative drama in an east end London, England elementary school. As a young teacher, she discovers that children learn best through play; by acting out their interpretations of the classics and developing their own dramas, they come to embrace the institutions of theatre as their own.
Daughters of the Moon. Bobbs-Merrill, NYC, 1971.edit
Joan Haggerty is such a strong writer, so personal -- with such prose. She'll be read with appreciation for her talent, of course, but also for the fact that she always writes about what moves and hurts people.
—John Irving
Set in Spain and England, Daughters of the Moon is a novel told from the point of view of a woman in labour. It begins with the first contraction and ends with the birth. Each contraction expands the protagonist's consciousness into the realm of touch and memory; the story unfolds in shifting dimensions of time and space as she re-lives the moments that bring the arrival of her daughter.
The Invitation: A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation. Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 1994.edit
It is exciting to find a book so moving, sensual, and compelling that getting to the end of it is both urgent and dreaded.
The Invitation is a memoir about the author's son, her second child, who grew up with a couple in Paris. It tells the story of their reunion in France and their later visits in Vancouver, B.C. It was nominated for Governor General's Award in 1994.
The Dancehall Years. Mother Tongue Publishing Ltd., Saltspring Island, B.C., 2016.edit
Fluidity, sensuality, a dreamlike quality, and factual reality are not usually possible in one novel. Here, miraculously, they blend in an intricate and intimate geography of time and place, people and personal mythologies in a gorgeously rendered novel.
—Vancouver Sun
Both an epic adventure and an interracial drama, this complex family saga begins one summer on Bowen Island and in Vancouver during the Depression and moves through Pearl Harbour, the evacuation of the Japanese and three generations into the 1980s.
joan, haggerty, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, ta. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Joan Haggerty news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Joan Haggerty born 26 April 1940 is a Canadian novelist 1 Joan HaggertyBornVancouver British ColumbiaBorn in Vancouver British Columbia she studied English and Theatre at the University of British Columbia From 1962 to 1972 she lived in London England Formentera Spain and New York City She now lives in Telkwa B C above the Widzin kwa River Contents 1 Literary career 1 1 Please Miss Can I Play God Notes and Sketches based on an adventure in dramatic play Methuen London 1966 Bobbs Merrill NYC 1966 1 2 Daughters of the Moon Bobbs Merrill NYC 1971 1 3 The Invitation A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation Douglas amp McIntyre Vancouver Toronto 1994 1 4 The Dancehall Years Mother Tongue Publishing Ltd Saltspring Island B C 2016 2 Bibliography 3 ReferencesLiterary career editPlease Miss Can I Play God Notes and Sketches based on an adventure in dramatic play Methuen London 1966 Bobbs Merrill NYC 1966 edit A book to trap any teacher who reads it into the same splendid difficult important heresies Edward Blishen The Listener London on Please Miss Can I Play God 2 Joan Haggerty s first book is an early 1960s exploration of creative drama in an east end London England elementary school As a young teacher she discovers that children learn best through play by acting out their interpretations of the classics and developing their own dramas they come to embrace the institutions of theatre as their own Daughters of the Moon Bobbs Merrill NYC 1971 edit Joan Haggerty is such a strong writer so personal with such prose She ll be read with appreciation for her talent of course but also for the fact that she always writes about what moves and hurts people John Irving Set in Spain and England Daughters of the Moon is a novel told from the point of view of a woman in labour It begins with the first contraction and ends with the birth Each contraction expands the protagonist s consciousness into the realm of touch and memory the story unfolds in shifting dimensions of time and space as she re lives the moments that bring the arrival of her daughter The Invitation A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation Douglas amp McIntyre Vancouver Toronto 1994 edit It is exciting to find a book so moving sensual and compelling that getting to the end of it is both urgent and dreaded Quill amp Quire 3 The Invitation is a memoir about the author s son her second child who grew up with a couple in Paris It tells the story of their reunion in France and their later visits in Vancouver B C It was nominated for Governor General s Award in 1994 The Dancehall Years Mother Tongue Publishing Ltd Saltspring Island B C 2016 edit Fluidity sensuality a dreamlike quality and factual reality are not usually possible in one novel Here miraculously they blend in an intricate and intimate geography of time and place people and personal mythologies in a gorgeously rendered novel Vancouver Sun Both an epic adventure and an interracial drama this complex family saga begins one summer on Bowen Island and in Vancouver during the Depression and moves through Pearl Harbour the evacuation of the Japanese and three generations into the 1980s Bibliography editPlease Miss Can I Play God 1966 Daughters of the Moon 1971 1 The Invitation A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation 1994 nominated for a Governor General s Award The Dancehall Years 2016References edit a b Daughters Of The Moon Is Strictly Women s Novel Youngstown Vindicator 19 December 1971 Retrieved 24 January 2011 Blishen Edward Discovering Mrs Dementer No July 7 1966 The Listener Marshall Jeannie Review of The Invitation No March 1994 Quill amp Quire nbsp This article about a Canadian writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joan Haggerty amp oldid 1168502400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
