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The Resource The weight of him, Ethel Rohan

The weight of him, Ethel Rohan

Label
The weight of him
Title
The weight of him
Statement of responsibility
Ethel Rohan
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
At four hundred pounds, Billy can always count on food. From his earliest memories, he has loved food?s colors, textures and tastes. The way flavors go off in his mouth. How food keeps his mind still and his bad feelings quiet. Food has always made everything better, until the day Billy?s beloved son Michael takes his own life. Billy determines to make a difference in Michael?s memory and undertakes a public weight-loss campaign, to raise money for suicide prevention, his first step in an ambitious plan to save himself, and to save others. However, Billy?s dramatic crusade appalls his family, who want to simply try to go on. Despite his crushing detractors, Billy gains welcome allies: his community-at-large; a co-worker who lost his father to suicide; a filmmaker with his own dubious agenda; and a secret, miniature kingdom that Billy populates with the sub-quality dolls and soldiers he saves from disposal at the toy factory where he works
Cataloging source
NWPL
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Rohan, Ethel
Dewey number
823.92
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
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  • Weight loss
  • Grief
  • Suicide
  • Youth
  • Life change events
  • Ireland
Target audience
adult
Label
The weight of him, Ethel Rohan
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
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
000060381305
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
326 pages
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781786491909
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)962354697
Label
The weight of him, Ethel Rohan
Publication
Copyright
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
000060381305
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
326 pages
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781786491909
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)962354697

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