Crackpot

Adele Wiseman

1974

[…] Didn’t she go to all the weddings in the neighbourhood? All that she got wind of, anyhow, and that were big enough for the dance to be given in a hall or a synagogue basement. A lot of them took place in the synagogue Daddy went to just down the street. If she possibly could, Hoda liked to get there on time for the ceremony. It was beautiful…

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Creator Bio

Adele Wiseman

1928–1992

Born in Winnipeg, Adele Wiseman incorporated many images of the Jewish immigrant communities of the Canadian prairie into her novels, essays, and short stories. Wiseman studied at the University of Manitoba and later lived in England and Italy. She received the Governor General’s Award of Canada.

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