Before winning recognition for her painting and writing,Emily Carrbuilt a small apartment building with four suites that she hoped would earn her a living. But things turned out worse than expected, and in her forties, the gifted artist found herself shoveling coal and cleaning up other people’s messes.

The House of All Sortsis a collection of forty-one stories of those hard-working days and the parade of tenants — young couples, widows, sad bachelors and rent evaders.Carris at her most rueful, but filled with energy and an inextinguishable hope.

Carralso ran a small kennel and bred bobtails to help out her meagre income. In an additional twenty-five stories, she lovingly describes the mutual bonds of affection and companionship between her and her dogs.

Her writing is vital and direct, aware and poignant, and as well regarded today as whenThe House of All Sortswas first published in 1944 to critical and popular acclaim.

By Emily Carr
Introduction bySusan Musgrave

160pages
5.3 x 8 inches
ISBN 9781553650546
Softcover
Douglas & McIntyre
2004