Open house : a life in thirty-two moves
Christmas, Jane, 1954-2020
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Moving house has never flustered author Jane Christmas. She loves houses so much that she's moved thirty-two times. There are good reasons for her latest house move, but after viewing sixty homes, Jane and her husband succumb to the emotional fatigue of an overheated English housing market and buy a wreck in the town of Bristol that is overpriced, will require more money to renovate than they have and that neither of them particularly like. As Jane's nightmare renovation begins, her mind returns to the Canadian homes where she grew up with parents who moved and renovated constantly around the Toronto area. Suddenly, the protective seal is blown off Jane's memory of a strict and peripatetic childhood and its ancillary damage- l ost friends, divorces, suicide attempts - and the past threatens to shake the foundations of her marriage.
Main title:
Open house : a life in thirty-two moves / Jane Christmas.
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Imprint:
Toronto : Patrick Crean Editions, 2020.Toronto : Patrick Crean Editions, 2020.
Collation:
304 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781443458764 (pbk)
Dewey class:
648.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
2407858