{"product_id":"dear-canada-to-stand-on-my-own-the-polio-epidemic-diary-of-noreen-robertson-saskatoon-saskatchewan-1937-9781443100175","title":"Dear Canada: To Stand on My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear Canada: To Stand on My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937\u003c\/strong\u003e by Haworth-Attard, Barbara. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781443100175.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dark threat of polio becomes a reality for a young Prairie girl.\nIn the summer of 1937, life on the Prairies is not easy. The Great Depression has brought great hardship, and young Noreens family must scrimp to make ends meet.\nIn a horrible twist of fate, Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is placed in an isolation ward, unable to move her legs. After a few weeks she gains partial recovery, but her family makes the painful decision to send her to a hospital far away for further treatment.\nTo Stand On My Own is Noreens diary account of her journey through recovery: her treatment; life in the ward; the other patients, some of them far worse off than her; adjustment to life in a wheelchair and on crutches; and ultimately, the emotional and physical hurdles she must face when she returns home.\nIn this moving addition to the Dear Canada series, award-winning author Barbara Haworth-Attard recreates a desolate time in Canadian history, and one girls brave fight against a deadly disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scholastic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983853678645,"sku":"ByrdShop_144310017X","price":90.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781443100175_26ce4eb2-5315-4c5c-bc65-e5acc3b6d80d.jpg?v=1778735245","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dear-canada-to-stand-on-my-own-the-polio-epidemic-diary-of-noreen-robertson-saskatoon-saskatchewan-1937-9781443100175","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}