The Resource Book Club in a Box : The erratics, Vicki Laveau-Harvie
Book Club in a Box : The erratics, Vicki Laveau-Harvie
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The item Book Club in a Box : The erratics, Vicki Laveau-Harvie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Book Club in a Box : The erratics, Vicki Laveau-Harvie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- When her elderly mother is hospitalised unexpectedly, Vicki travels to her parents' isolated ranch home in Alberta, Canada, to help her father. She has been estranged from her parents for many years (the reasons for which rapidly become clear) and is horrified by what she discovers on her arrival. Her mother has always been mentally unstable, but for years camouflaged her delusions and unpredictability. Over the decades she has managed to shut herself and her husband away from the outside world. Vicki's father, who has been systematically starved and kept virtually a prisoner in his own home, begins to realise what has happened to him and embarks upon plans of his own to combat his wife. Vicki quickly realises how dangerous, and potentially life-threatening, her mother's behaviour is. She fears for her father's life and her own safety if her mother returns home. The power play between her parents takes a dramatic turn and leaves Vicki embroiled in situations that are ludicrous, heart-breaking, and frightening. All this makes for an intensely gripping, yet black-humoured family drama that will keep you on the edge of your seat
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 10 volumes (217 pages, 22 cm.)
- Note
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Isbn
- 9780648100850
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : The erratics
- Title
- Book Club in a Box
- Title remainder
- The erratics
- Statement of responsibility
- Vicki Laveau-Harvie
- Subject
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- Ageing parents -- Care -- Canada
- Autobiographies
- Book club in a box
- trueDysfunctional families -- Canada
- Families -- Canada -- Biography
- trueFamily secrets
- trueHusband and wife
- Laveau-Harvie, Vicki
- Abused husbands
- Mentally ill -- Family relationships
- Mentally ill mothers -- Canada -- Biography
- Mothers -- Mental health -- Canada
- Laveau-Harvie, Vicki -- Family
- Adult children -- Australia -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When her elderly mother is hospitalised unexpectedly, Vicki travels to her parents' isolated ranch home in Alberta, Canada, to help her father. She has been estranged from her parents for many years (the reasons for which rapidly become clear) and is horrified by what she discovers on her arrival. Her mother has always been mentally unstable, but for years camouflaged her delusions and unpredictability. Over the decades she has managed to shut herself and her husband away from the outside world. Vicki's father, who has been systematically starved and kept virtually a prisoner in his own home, begins to realise what has happened to him and embarks upon plans of his own to combat his wife. Vicki quickly realises how dangerous, and potentially life-threatening, her mother's behaviour is. She fears for her father's life and her own safety if her mother returns home. The power play between her parents takes a dramatic turn and leaves Vicki embroiled in situations that are ludicrous, heart-breaking, and frightening. All this makes for an intensely gripping, yet black-humoured family drama that will keep you on the edge of your seat
- Awards note
- Finch Memoir Prize, winner 2018.
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- SALS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Laveau-Harvie, Vicki
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Laveau-Harvie, Vicki
- Laveau-Harvie, Vicki
- Adult children
- Ageing parents
- Family secrets
- Mothers
- Dysfunctional families
- Abused husbands
- Husband and wife
- Mentally ill
- Mentally ill mothers
- Families
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : The erratics, Vicki Laveau-Harvie
- Note
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Accompanying material
- 3 information sheets.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063568007
- Dimensions
- in plastic box 35 x 28 x 14 cm. +
- Extent
- 10 volumes (217 pages, 22 cm.)
- Isbn
- 9780648100850
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034691779
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : The erratics, Vicki Laveau-Harvie
- Note
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Accompanying material
- 3 information sheets.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063568007
- Dimensions
- in plastic box 35 x 28 x 14 cm. +
- Extent
- 10 volumes (217 pages, 22 cm.)
- Isbn
- 9780648100850
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034691779
Subject
- Ageing parents -- Care -- Canada
- Autobiographies
- Book club in a box
- trueDysfunctional families -- Canada
- Families -- Canada -- Biography
- trueFamily secrets
- trueHusband and wife
- Laveau-Harvie, Vicki
- Abused husbands
- Mentally ill -- Family relationships
- Mentally ill mothers -- Canada -- Biography
- Mothers -- Mental health -- Canada
- Laveau-Harvie, Vicki -- Family
- Adult children -- Australia -- Biography
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