<p><b>Winner, Design Edge Regional Design Award<br>Shortlisted, Atlantic Independent Booksellers’ Choice Award<\/b><\/p><p>Authentic. Original. Inimitable. Mary Majka was one of Canada’s great pioneering environmentalists. She was best known as a television host, a conservationist, and a driving force behind the internationally acclaimed Marys Point Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve on the Bay of Fundy.<\/p> <p><i>Sanctuary<\/i> gives full expression to the intensely personal story of Mary’s life. A daughter of privilege, a survivor of World War II Poland, an architect of dreams, Mary Majka became a passionate environmentalist intent on protecting fragile spaces and species for generations to come.<\/p> <p>In this amazing story of determination and foresight, Deborah Carr reveals a complex, indomitable, thoroughly human being \u2014 flawed yet feisty, inspiring and inspired.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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