Julie S. Lalonde (Brendan Brown)

Women’s rights advocate Julie S. Lalonde has won the Speaker’s Book Award for her book Resilience is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie S. Lalonde (Between the Lines Books).

The Speaker’s Book Award recognizes non-fiction works by Ontario authors that reflect the province’s culture and history. Resilience is Futile recalls how Lalonde kept the secret of her own experiences as a survivor of intimate partner violence.

The book will be available for sale at the Legislative Assembly Gift Shop and featured in the Legislative Library.