N.S. auditor general writes book on lessons learned from ‘superhero’ grandmother
HALIFAX — Though he may be better known for combing through Nova Scotia’s finances, the province’s auditor general has decided to try his hand at writing something other than fiscal reports: a book about lessons he learned from his grandmother.
Michael Pickup describes his nan as a superhero, a friend, and “everything and more than people traditionally think of a grandmother.”
“My primary drive in writing the book was firstly to thank her and leave a tribute for her,” he said Sunday.
Mary Ann Pickup of Cape Breton was the oldest of 12 children, the mother of five sons, and became a grandmother at 42 when Pickup was born to teenage parents.