Carol draws inspiration from her family, her unconventional childhood travelling the world as a military brat and her love of travel. She is in the process of working on a collection of memoir pieces dealing with her experiences with her magical thinking Spanish grandmother, her search for home and belonging and connection.
Carol has been a lifelong civil servant in Canada’s capital. Daughter of a military attaché, she grew up all around the world, spending much of her childhood across Turkey and Switzerland. Since retiring, she has dedicated her time to writing memoir and short fiction and has found an incredible writing circle of inspiring women.
Some of Carol’s favourite collections of memoir
Edmund De Waal
The Hare with Amber Eyes - a Hidden Inheritance
Joan Didion
The Year of Magical Thinking
Adam Gopnik
Paris to the Moon
Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast
Abigail Thomas
What Comes Next and How to Like It
Patti Smith
Just Kids
Frank McCourt
Angela’s Ashes
Nuala O’Faolin
Are You Somebody? The Accidental Memoirs of a Dublin Woman
Isabelle Huggan
Belonging