life rattle show no. 1212

Presented on Sunday, July 8, 2012

Hosted by john dunford

featuring

Evangeline Torres Sled reading her stories
"Cow Plops"
"Super Crush"
"Baby Bok Choy"
and, two of her Three Tiny Prayers.

tonight's Show

Tonight we present three new stories, plus a little something extra, from new Life Rattle Writer Evangeline Torres Sled.

Evangeline Torres Sled was born in the Philippines in 1985. She was five years old when her dad moved the family to Canada to chase the Canadian dream. They settled in Etobicoke, Ontario, near Sled’s grandparents and her Uncle Jhune. The family soon realized the dream was not so easily obtained. Her parents struggled to find employment, and even though her father possessed an engineering degree and her mother worked as a midwife in the Philippines, the family of four was forced to share a one-bedroom apartment in Canada.

Sled learned to speak English and fell in love with writing. In grade one, she was given her first journal; in university, she majored in Professional Writing and Communications.

Evangeline Torres Sled currently pursues a career in writing. In her spare time she enjoys the art of cooking—experimenting with spices, new greens and meats—just they way her mother taught her.

The stories you will hear tonight and next Sunday come from the book, Three Tiny Prayers and a Princess, Sled’s recently published collection. In her writing Sled is unafraid to show herself, warts and all, and her stories are by turn funny, sad, courageous, heartbreaking, moving, inspiring and, especially, honest.

Her stories span from her toddler to her teenage years and focus on her loving but complicated relationship with her father that sharpens in a poignant way when he is diagnosed with cancer.