All things consoled : a daughter's memoir
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Author
Published
Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
Hardcover edition.
ISBN
9780771039737, 0771039735
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2018.
Edition
Hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780771039737, 0771039735
Notes
Description
"Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's most beloved novelists has written a poignant, complex, and hugely resonant memoir about the shift she experienced between being her parents' daughter to their guardian and caregiver. As the daughter takes charge, and the writer takes notes, her mother and father are like two legendary icebergs floating south. They melt into the ocean of partial, painful, inconsistent, and funny stories that a family makes over time. Hay's eloquent memoir distills these stories into basic truths about parents and children and their efforts of understanding. With her uncommon sharpness and wit, Elizabeth Hay offers her insights into the peculiarities of her family's dynamics--her parents' marriage, sibling rivalries, miscommunications that spur decades of resentment all matched by true and genuine love and devotion. Her parents are each startling characters in their own right--her mother is a true skinflint who would rather serve up wormy soup (twice) than throw away an ancient packet of "perfectly good" mix; her father is a proud and well-mannered man with a temper that can be explosive. When All Thing's Consoled is a startlingly beautiful memoir that addresses the exquisite agony of family, the unstoppable force of dementia, and the inevitability of aging."--,Provided by publisher.
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Issued also in electronic format.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Roxbury Library - Adult Nonfiction | SOCIETY 306.874 HAY | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hay, E. (2018). All things consoled: a daughter's memoir (Hardcover edition.). McClelland & Stewart.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hay, Elizabeth, 1951-. 2018. All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir. McClelland & Stewart.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hay, Elizabeth, 1951-. All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir McClelland & Stewart, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hay, Elizabeth. All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir Hardcover edition., McClelland & Stewart, 2018.
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