Only the Story Remains: A Memoir

Malka Marom will tell you that art saved her life. As a child, she craved stories and songs more than sustenance, and it's no surprise, perhaps, that they ended up being the central thread of her unusual, often amazing life.

In the '60s, with her singing partner, Joso Spralja, another immigrant to Canada, Malka formed a singing duo that made world music a domestic hit, and though they rarely sang in English, they eventually had one of the bestselling records of the era and a CBC TV show afte...