Run Towards the Danger, by Sarah Polley, 4 stars

[NancyJ]

This was a great choice for my first book of the year. I want to read more meaningful books this year, and this is a great start. This is a memoir composed of well written essays on a variety of topics by the Canadian actress, director and activist, Sarah Polley. I chose the book primarily for the content about concussions and memory, and it was well worth the purchase for those insights. One section brought me to tears, but it inspired me as well. She covered several other interesting topics, including the beginning of the me-too movement, movie making, family experiences, and health care. I first noticed her in The Sweet Hereafter, and I really liked Away from Her, based on an Alice Munro story, I never saw the series Avonlea, or the film Baron Munchausen (which was a harrowing experience for her as a young child). As a follow up to this book, I plan to finish/reread Women Talking and watch the film adaptation she directed. I will also look for the Alice Munro story, and follow up on something from the concussion chapter.

[Shelved as Canada, Play-harder (new to me author), Compass]

[LibraryCin]

Of course, being Canadian, I "knew" Sarah Polley from when she was a child on Road to Avonlea.

[NancyJ]

LibraryCin wrote: "Of course, being Canadian, I "knew" Sarah Polley from when she was a child on Road to Avonlea."

Did you like it?

[LibraryCin]

I did! But then, the movie Anne of Green Gables from the mid-80s with Meghan Follows is also one of my all-time favourite movies. I was a bit older when Anne of Avonlea aired, but I still enjoyed it.