Let's Do Lemonade: Poems to Affirm Truth and Inspire Hope

by David A McAdam, Sasha Bains (Illustrator)

Overview

What does it mean to lead a life of hope, faith, and virtue? When faced with a world with less and less of a shared concept of truth, where do we turn? And when life gives us lemons, what can we do?

Through this collection of stylistica...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781039184862
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	05/17/2024
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

David A. McAdam is a Jamaican-Canadian educator with over thirty years of experience, community volunteer, social advocate, and lifelong poet.

He was recognized in 1998 by Canada's National History
Society as a top-ten nalist for the Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History. He has also won multiple awards for his writing from the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, including Noteworthy Writer of the Year (2021), Best Junior Poet (2022), and Special Writer of the Year (2022). His writing has appeared in a number of other publications including high school yearbooks as faculty contributor, the Ontario Principals' Council Register, local and international newspapers, and most recently, the book Navigating Hospice by Angella McKenzie.

An avid runner, singer and gardener, he lives in Vaughan, Ontario with his wife.

More of his poetry can be found on his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@d.a.mcadam3538, where he makes monthly posts. Interested in getting in touch? He can be reached at [e-mail].