Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada,
1919–1944, Max and Monique Nemni, translated by William
Johnson, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006, pp. 352.
The authors of the present work, the first in a projected three-volume
biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, have done Canadians a lasting service
in publishing a meticulously researched account that shatters a number of
longstanding myths surrounding the late prime minister's early years.
Max and Monique Nemni are retired academics who were friends and admirers
of Trudeau. When in his final years they approached him about writing a
biography, he offered his full co-operation, including unprecedented
access to his personal papers dating back to childhood.