Hands-on workshop with Samra Zafar, author of A Good Wife
Writing a memoir is filled with decisions about where to start, what to include, and how to arrange significant life events for a compelling story. Bestselling author and award-winning international speaker Samra Zafar leads participants through the process of writing a memoir with impact.
Samra Zafar's memoir, A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose, details how she was suddenly married to a stranger at seventeen and moved to Canada, leaving her family in Pakistan behind. Betrayed by her husband’s promise of a better life, she lived in a prison-like home filled with abuse and control. She hatched an escape plan for herself and her two daughters and slowly, over the years, found the strength to build a new future and walk away from her past.
Samra Zafar is an award-winning international speaker, bestselling author, consultant, educator, and entrepreneur who advocates for gender equity, inclusion, and human rights. Her book, A Good Wife: Escaping The Life I Never Chose, was named among CBC's Best Books of 2019 and is now being adapted into a premium TV series. Recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and a Top 25 Canadian Immigrant, she is an Alumni Governor at the University of Toronto, a Celebrated Ambassador for Plan International, and a Women's College Hospital Foundation board member.
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