~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the RBC Taylor Prize - 2015
Packed with decades of memories, Plum Johnson recounts the year following her mother's death, during which she lived in her childhood home on the banks of Lake Ontario going through her parents' things and preparing the house for sale.
Landing somewhere between reminiscing and grieving, They Left Us Everything focuses on far more than the physical act of sorting through the items death loves behind; a funny, touching memoir about the importance of preserving family history to make sense of the past and nurturing family bonds to safeguard the future.
“Beautifully observed and written with great warmth and wit ... A story of love, loss, and legacy, written with compassion and humour.” -- RBC Taylor Prize jury citation