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SUMMARY:Kelly S Thompson | In Her Voice
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ben McNally Books and McClelland & Stewart to celebrate the launch of Kelly S Thompson‘s new memoir\, Girls Need Not Apply. As apart of the In Her Voice Series\, Kelly will be discussing her experiences as a female captain serving in the Canadian Armed Forces and putting those experiences to the page. Kelly will be joined in conversation by Marissa Stapley. \nA book signing will conclude the event. \nWhen: \nTuesday August 20 \n6 to 8pm \nWhere: \nBen McNally Books \n366 Bay Street \nThis is a free event. All are welcome. \n\n \nAt eighteen years old\, Kelly Thompson enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. Despite growing up in a military family — she would\, in fact\, be a fourth-generation soldier — she couldn’t shake the feeling that she didn’t belong.\nFrom the moment she arrives for basic training at a Quebec military base\, a young woman more interested in writing than weaponry\, she quickly realizes that her conception of what being a soldier means\, forged from a desire to serve her country after the 9/11 attacks\, isn’t entirely accurate. A career as a female officer will involve navigating a masculinized culture and coming to grips with her burgeoning feminism.\nIn this compulsively readable memoir\, Thompson writes with wit and honesty about her own development as a woman and a soldier\, unsparingly highlighting truths about her time in the military. In sharply crafted prose\, she chronicles the frequent sexism and misogyny she encounters both in training and later in the workplace\, and explores her own feelings of pride and loyalty to the Forces\, and a family legacy of PTSD\, all while searching for an artistic identity in a career that demands conformity. When she sustains a career-altering injury\, Thompson fearlessly re-examines her identity as a soldier.\nGirls Need Not Apply is a refreshingly honest story of conviction\, determination\, and empowerment\, and a bit of a love story\, too. \n\nKelly S. Thompson is a former captain in the Canadian Armed Forces\, retiring after an injury\, and is now a writer and editor based out of the Toronto area. She has a degree in Professional Writing from York and an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC. Her work has appeared in magazines including Maclean’s\, Chatelaine\, and Maisonneuve\, as well as in various anthologies and collections. Her essay “Basically Broken” appeared in the bestselling 2017 anthology Everyday Heroes. Her essay “We Are a (Military) Family” won the 2013 Barbara Novak Award for Excellence in Personal Essay. Her essay “Strip\, Reveal and Sex Appeal” won the 2017 Barbara Novak Award for Excellence in Personal Essay. This is her first book. \n000000
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