Wisdom in Nonsense
Invaluable Lessons from My Father
Published on 19. January 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-77212-377-7 (ISBN)
Description
Novelist Heather O'Neill discusses several key lessons she learned in childhood from her father. From a lecture delivered on March 9, 2017, at the University of Alberta.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alberta
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
488 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77212-377-7 (9781772123777)
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Heather O'Neill is a novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Her work, which includes Lullabies for Little Criminals, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, Daydreams of Angels, and The Lonely Hearts Hotel, has been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Fiction, The Orange Prize for Fiction, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and has won CBC Canada Reads, The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. She lives in Montreal.
Content
Prelude 1
Lesson 1 Never Keep a Diary 3
Lesson 2 Learn to Play the Tuba 5
Lesson 3 Never Share Your Scientific Research 7
Lesson 4 Make Friends with Jewish Kids 9
Lesson 5 Accept That You're Ugly and Move On 11
Lesson 6 Never Tell Anyone What Your Parents Do for a Living 13
Lesson 7 Know About Art History 15
Lesson 8 Crime Does Pay 17
Lesson 9 Enjoy a Fondue Dinner 19
Lesson 10 Respect Old Timers 23
Lesson 11 It's the Thought That Counts 27
Lesson 12 Never Watch a Paul Newman Movie 31
Lesson 13 Beware of Clowns 35
Coda Sometimes There Is Nothing to Be Learned 39
Lesson 1 Never Keep a Diary 3
Lesson 2 Learn to Play the Tuba 5
Lesson 3 Never Share Your Scientific Research 7
Lesson 4 Make Friends with Jewish Kids 9
Lesson 5 Accept That You're Ugly and Move On 11
Lesson 6 Never Tell Anyone What Your Parents Do for a Living 13
Lesson 7 Know About Art History 15
Lesson 8 Crime Does Pay 17
Lesson 9 Enjoy a Fondue Dinner 19
Lesson 10 Respect Old Timers 23
Lesson 11 It's the Thought That Counts 27
Lesson 12 Never Watch a Paul Newman Movie 31
Lesson 13 Beware of Clowns 35
Coda Sometimes There Is Nothing to Be Learned 39