In his own words
Love in a Lifetime
The life lived, seen, and told by John Wall.
Born June 25, 1945 · Menno Colony, Paraguay
“You’re here for a good time, not for a long time.”
— John WallThree ways in
However you want to meet him
He never had much school, and for a long time couldn’t read or write his own language. This is what he remembers, the way he remembers it — some of it told a hundred times, some of it never told to anybody.
The book
Thirteen chapters, drawn from his own telling and set the way a book should be. Read it straight through, or one chapter at a time.
Open → 02His life, year by year
The shape of it — Paraguay to Canada and back again for the girl he wasn't willing to lose. A timeline you can walk through.
Open → 03The recordings
The conversations the book was made from: notes, verbatim transcripts, and the original audio where a recording survives.
Open →His voice
Hear him tell it himself
Two conversations were recorded back in 2021, at the house on Lynn Avenue. His actual voice — the accent, the pauses, the laugh — kept here alongside the words.
Listen to the recordingThe whole book, as a PDFThe family edition, ready to save or print.
Download the PDF