Elvira Cordileone

I only just came across this lovely Goodreads review although it was was written in January 2026. Thank you Answer Peter, whoever you are. Book signing in Montreal's downtown Indigo store in 2024 Answer Peter's review Jan 02, 2026 it was amazing Read 2 times Elvira Cordileone’s Elvie, Girl Under Glass is far more than a memoir of immigration; it is a breathtakingly delicate excavation of a soul, set against the raw, tectonic shifts of a society in revolution. With prose that is both...

I tried to outrun my unhappiness by getting on a train to the other end of the country. Office Jobs and Escape Routes Starting in my late teens in the late 1960s, I took on—and quit—a ridiculous number of entry-level office jobs. They gave me no satisfaction and made me miserable. I can still picture the stale air, the fluorescent lights, the hush of typing and paper shuffling, and the feeling of being pinned to a chair while the clock barely moved. When the work became intolerable, I...

In the 1970s and 1980s, I was in my prime. The economy flourished, I had a good education, and jobs were easy to find. If I'd known what I wanted to do, I could have made a plan and grabbed everything life had to offer with both hands. But I had no idea what path to take. I floated from job to job. None of my starter jobs suited me. They bored me to distraction. If only I'd had the wisdom and the patience to stay at one or two of them and work my way up. veal deep emtions,help us Our Our...