Roxana Spicer says her mother had a “personal Iron Curtain” and refused to divulge secrets that would explain her unpredictable behaviour, the anger that erupted in their home in the tiny community of Netherhill, Sask. in the 1950s and ‘60s. But sometimes a memory or a fear would leak out.
Children remember. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Roxana Spicer says her mother had a “personal Iron Curtain” and refused to divulge secrets that would explain her unpredictable behaviour, the anger that erupted in their home in the tiny community of Netherhill, Sask. in the 1950s and ‘60s.
But sometimes a memory or a fear would leak out. Children remember. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Roxana Spicer says her mother had a “personal Iron Curtain” and refused to divulge secrets that would explain her unpredictable behaviour, the anger that erupted in their home in the tiny community of Netherhill, Sask.
in the 1950s and ‘60s. But sometimes a memory or a fear would leak out. Children remember.
Spicer, who became a CBC documentary and filmmaker as an adult, grabbed onto those tidbits to uncover her mother’s story about growing up in the early days of the Soviet Union and then surviving the Second World War. Spicer’s years-long journey to discover her mother’s truth is recalled in her memoir, , a heartfelt but flawed memoir. Her research ramped up after the fall of the Berlin.