 She also wrote two memoirs, "Breaking the Mould" (1995) and "Embracing Serafina"(2000).Her book "Breaking the Mould" was translated into Italian and launched at the University of Rome, La Sapienza in July 2005.Her latest book, finished during the last months of her life "Schoolmarm" (2007), where Penny recalls a teaching career that began at North Bay Normal School, her time spent in one-room schools in rural Port Arthur, and culminated at the Lakehead University Faculty of Education where she taught teachers.