Getting to Know You: Letters to My Family

The act of writing a letter to a deceased family member brings them back in interesting ways. And when the recipient of that letter is someone you never knew...that is when the true marvel begins.

Getting to Know You is a collection of letters written by Eleanor King Byers to her deceased family members. In long and thought-provoking missives, she unspools the lives of her cherished forebears before our eyes. This gripping, heartfelt memoir is filled with rich and emotional details about what life was like in Calgary, starting in the early 1900s and moving into more modern times. Historical and personal details blend to turn this memoir into a love letter to Calgary itself, a city that housed the author's most-loved souls and most-loved memories.

Author: Eleanor King Byers
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 11/03/2023
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781039187597

About the Author
Byers, Eleanor King: - Eleanor King Byers is the author of The House With The Light On: A Native Calgarian Returns to the Forties and Fifties, Days of Unlocked Doors and Carefree Adventure (2003), Guardians Of The Lamp: The Calgary General Hospital and its Nursing School Remembered (2009), and Steps To Nowhere: Journey with My Son (2012). Her historical memoirs are local bestsellers, and all of her writing is tied together by one theme: the importance of family.

Eleanor is a member of the Alumnae Association of the Calgary General Hospital School of Nursing and the Writers' Guild of Alberta. She lives in Calgary with her husband of sixty-three years, Dick, and their willful but loveable cat, Lucy. They have three children and four grandchildren.