A Very Political Family

<p>A VERY POLITICAL FAMILY</p><p>This book illuminates a series of scenes sketches and reminiscences from the 20th century journey of three-plus generations of what became a very political family.</p><p>The author Vera Kristiansen (nee Sharko) grew up in a Russo-Ukrainian immigrant family on a homestead in the rural backwoods of northern Alberta. Struggling to resist the usual expectation for girls in this area she set out to acquire a career and to travel until at age 27 she met and married a young man from downtown Vancouver.</p><p>Finding herself an integral part of a three generation Anglo-Danish family of farmer-labour political activisits she quickly took her place alongside sometimes leading sometimes following while juggling the raising of three children and household management on a woodworker’s wage. Both she and her husband Lyle went on to serve in elected office; she in Nelson B.C. and he in Ottawa.</p><p>Interspersed throughout her narrative are numerous anecdotes often amusing of family community and political life mixed with local and national events and some political and historical commentary.</p><p>verakrist@dccnet.com</p>