Carissa Halton

Little Yellow House - Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood

Discover the innate beauty of a changing neighbourhood through diverse characters and revitalization. Little Yellow House by Carissa Halton.

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"Ma'am, you sound like a very reasonable person. Can I advise you to just move?" Carissa Halton and her young family move into a neighbourhood with a tough reputation. As they make their home in one of the oldest parts of the city, she reflects on the revitalization that is slowly changing the view from her little yellow house. While others worry about the area's bad reputation, she heads out to meet her neighbours, and through them discovers the innate beauty of her community. Halton introduces us to a cast of diverse characters in her Alberta Avenue neighbourhood-including cat rescuers, tragic teens, art evangelists, and crime fighters-and invites us to consider the social and economic forces that shape and reshape our cities.

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Release date

01.02.2023

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The University of Alberta Press

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Genres

Biography & Memoir, Arts

Moods

hopeful

Keywords

community, neighbourhood, diverse characters, revitalization, social and economic forces