They left us everything : a memoir
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Published
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016.
Status
Shirlington - Adult Biography
B JOHNSON FAMILY
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B JOHNSON FAMILY
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Published
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Street Date
1606
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First edition published by Penguin Random House Canada, 2014"--Title page verso.
Description
"A warm, heartfelt memoir of family, loss, and a house jam-packed with decades of goods and memories. After almost twenty years of caring for elderly parents--first for their senile father, and then for their cantankerous ninety-three-year old mother--author Plum Johnson and her three younger brothers have finally fallen to their middle-aged knees with conflicted feelings of grief and relief. Now they must empty and sell the beloved family home, twenty-three rooms bulging with history, antiques, and oxygen tanks. Plum thought: How tough will that be? I know how to buy garbage bags. But the task turns out to be much harder and more rewarding than she ever imagined. Items from childhood trigger difficult memories of her eccentric family growing up in the 1950s and '60s, but unearthing new facts about her parents helps her reconcile those relationships, with a more accepting perspective about who they were and what they valued. They Left Us Everything is a funny, touching memoir about the importance of preserving family history to make sense of the past, and nurturing family bonds to safeguard the future"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships -- Canada.
Aging parents -- Care -- Canada.
Caregivers -- Canada -- Biography.
Families -- Psychological aspects.
House furnishings -- Psychological aspects.
House selling -- Psychological aspects.
Johnson, Plum -- Family.
Johnson, Plum -- Homes and haunts -- Ontario -- Oakville.
Parent and adult child.
Personal belongings -- Psychological aspects.
Aging parents -- Care -- Canada.
Caregivers -- Canada -- Biography.
Families -- Psychological aspects.
House furnishings -- Psychological aspects.
House selling -- Psychological aspects.
Johnson, Plum -- Family.
Johnson, Plum -- Homes and haunts -- Ontario -- Oakville.
Parent and adult child.
Personal belongings -- Psychological aspects.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnson, P. (2016). They left us everything: a memoir (First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition.). G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Plum. 2016. They Left Us Everything: A Memoir. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Plum. They Left Us Everything: A Memoir G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Plum. They Left Us Everything: A Memoir First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016.
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