For anyone who's considering moving to (or just visiting) maple leaf country, laugh as you learn about America's friendly northern neighbor with this step-by-step guide to Canadian customs, pop culture, and slang.Hilarious and honest,
So You Want to Move to Canada, Ehwill delight your politically disgruntled friends, nudge your bleeding-heart neighbor to hit the road, and inspire you to plan for (or daydream about) your own Canadian getaway. Written by
New York Timesbestselling author (and born-and-bred Canuck) Jennifer McCartney and peppered with creative doodles, charts, and graphs, this comprehensive guide will teach you everything you need to know about Canada, including:
- The food (learn to love seal flipper pie, ketchup chips, and timbits)
- Contributions to the arts and pop culture (Celine Dion, Margaret Atwood, Justin Bieber)
- How to fit in once you're there (notes on "eh" and beyond)
- Bewildering residency rules, demystified
- Unique laws and customs
- Colorful slang, explained
- History and a primer on Canadian provinces
Jennifer McCartneyis the author of the
New York Timesbestselling
The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place, which was published in 25+ languages and will be launching as a reality TV series in 2024 with Roku. She has written about utopias, time machines, and train travel for outlets like BBC Radio,
The Atlantic,
Architectural Digest, and
Vice. Jennifer is also the author of the Animal Philosophy series with HarperCollins and
BOOBS: A Joyful Ode to Womanhoodfrom Running Press. Her book of cat poetry,
The Rodent Not Taken, was an American Bookseller Association bestseller and her latest,
Ugly Cute, was a
Los Angeles Timesbestseller. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Jennifer currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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