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Rona Maynard is the author of two memoirs, Starter Dog and My Mother’s Daughter. Raised by an ambitious literary mother and nationally published since her teens, Rona did her best to dodge the family business. Her long editing career culminated in a decade at the helm of Canada’s premier women’s title, Chatelaine. At 70 she embra…

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Author of STARTER DOG: MY PATH TO JOY, BELONGING AND LOVING THIS WORLD. Former Editor of Chatelaine magazine. Married more than 50 years despite predictions we would never last. Avid urban hiker with the rescue mutt known as Casey.
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