The Resource They left us everything : a memoir, Plum Johnson
They left us everything : a memoir, Plum Johnson
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The item They left us everything : a memoir, Plum Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item They left us everything : a memoir, Plum Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Note
- "First edition published by Penguin Random House Canada, 2014"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Never Mind the Dog
- Part I. Endings
- Mum's Will
- Hornet's Nest
- Point O' View
- Dancing Till the End
- Good-bye, Mum
- Part II. Inheritance
- Other Mothers
- Unpacking the Past
- A Fate Worse Than Death
- Appraisals
- Buried Treasure
- Part III. Dispersal
- Two Weddings and a Funeral
- Dividing What Remains
- Earthquake
- Careful What You Wish For
- Separation
- Hong Kong Farewell
- One Last Look
- Isbn
- 9780399184093
- Label
- They left us everything : a memoir
- Title
- They left us everything
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Plum Johnson
- Subject
-
- Johnson, Plum -- Family
- House furnishings -- Psychological aspects
- Parent and adult child
- Biographies
- Families -- Psychological aspects
- Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships -- Canada
- Aging parents -- Care -- Canada
- Johnson, Plum -- Homes and haunts -- Ontario | Oakville
- Personal belongings -- Psychological aspects
- House selling -- Psychological aspects
- Caregivers -- Canada -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Plum,
- Dewey number
- 306.874
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ1063.6
- LC item number
- .J636 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Johnson, Plum
- Johnson, Plum
- Adult children of aging parents
- Caregivers
- Aging parents
- Parent and adult child
- Families
- House selling
- House furnishings
- Personal belongings
- Label
- They left us everything : a memoir, Plum Johnson
- Note
- "First edition published by Penguin Random House Canada, 2014"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Never Mind the Dog -- Part I. Endings -- Mum's Will -- Hornet's Nest -- Point O' View -- Dancing Till the End -- Good-bye, Mum -- Part II. Inheritance -- Other Mothers -- Unpacking the Past -- A Fate Worse Than Death -- Appraisals -- Buried Treasure -- Part III. Dispersal -- Two Weddings and a Funeral -- Dividing What Remains -- Earthquake -- Careful What You Wish For -- Separation -- Hong Kong Farewell -- One Last Look
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399184093
- Lccn
- 2016023486
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2016023486
- 1839429
- Label
- They left us everything : a memoir, Plum Johnson
- Note
- "First edition published by Penguin Random House Canada, 2014"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Never Mind the Dog -- Part I. Endings -- Mum's Will -- Hornet's Nest -- Point O' View -- Dancing Till the End -- Good-bye, Mum -- Part II. Inheritance -- Other Mothers -- Unpacking the Past -- A Fate Worse Than Death -- Appraisals -- Buried Treasure -- Part III. Dispersal -- Two Weddings and a Funeral -- Dividing What Remains -- Earthquake -- Careful What You Wish For -- Separation -- Hong Kong Farewell -- One Last Look
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition.
- Extent
- 279 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399184093
- Lccn
- 2016023486
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2016023486
- 1839429
Subject
- Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships -- Canada
- Aging parents -- Care -- Canada
- Biographies
- 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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