A Very Capable Life

{{short description|2010 memoir by John Leigh Walters}}

{{Infobox book

| name = A Very Capable Life:
The Autobiography of Zarah Petri

| image = A Very Capable Life book cover.jpg

| caption = First edition cover of Canadian release

| author = John Leigh Walters

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| country = Canada

| subject = Immigration

| genre = Non-fiction, memoirGoodreads, [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7340073-a-very-capable-life A Very Capable Life], Book review, Retrieved 11/23/2012

| publisher = Athabasca University Press

| pub_date = January 1, 2010

| media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)

| pages = 197 pp.

| isbn = 9781897425411

| oclc =

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A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri is a non-fiction memoir of his mother by the Canadian television host Johnnie Walters, written under his real name John Leigh Walters and published in January 2010 by Athabasca University Press. It re-tells the stories his mother described to him regarding her immigration to Canada in the 1920s. Walters gives his first person account using humor, and intrigue, to share his mother's expressed regards about her depression era experiences.CBC News, October 13, 2010, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/immigrant-tale-wins-10k-creative-non-fiction-prize-1.898456 Immigrant tale wins $10K creative non-fiction prize], Arts & Entertainment, Retrieved 11/23/2012