Sarah Polley
Author of Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
About the Author
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Works by Sarah Polley
Go 4 copies
Mein Leben ohne mich 2 copies
Road to Avonlea - Season 01 1 copy
Away from her 1 copy
Road to Avonlea: Season 3 1 copy
Stories We Tell 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1979-01-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupations
- actor
film director
screenwriter
activist
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Statistics
- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 22
- Members
- 389
- Popularity
- #62,204
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 25
- Languages
- 1
Most Canadians of a certain age will know who Sarah Polley is. She played the lead in the TV series The Girl from Avonlea and essentially grew up on the set. During this time her mother died of cancer and her father, probably from grief, went into a significant depression. Add to that emotional upheaval, Sarah had significant scoliosis causing her a lot of pain. Since her father was unable to parent her, at a young age Sarah moved out of the family home. During this time she met Jian Ghomeshi, a host on CBC radio programs. Ghomeshi was later accused by multiple women of sexual assault and Sarah says that she was sexually assaulted by him when she was 16 years old. In a trial in 2016 Ghomeshi was acquitted of five charges but Sarah did not bring her allegation against him. Sarah did a lot of acting but her intention was always to write screenplays and direct. which she started doing once she became a mother. She has had some good success at this but this time period was also beset by problems. One daughter was born premature and had to be kept in the NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit for a long time. Sarah also suffered a concussion when a fire extinguisher fell on her. She had concussive symptoms which affected her memory, attention, ability to cope etc. for a substantial period of time. Eventually she was able to get treatment at a clinic in the US and has gotten her life back. In fact, the title of the book was advice from the doctor who treated her. As a proud Canadian she said she was sorry that she had to go outside of the medical system in Canada and she is still a supporter of our socialized medicine.
This book is not a memoir as such but rather a series of essays about her life challenges but, of course, we do learn a lot about Sarah.… (more)