Wisdom in Nonsense: Invaluable Lessons from My Father (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series) - Softcover

Heather O'Neill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1772123773 ISBN 13: 9781772123777

Publisher: University of Alberta Press (CA), 2018

Synopsis

Acclaimed novelist Heather ONeill structures her book around several key lessons she learned in childhood from her father. Wryly humorous and generous, she shares memories and stories that illustrate why it is good to steal things, why one should learn to play the tuba, and why one should never keep a journal, among other things. Her unusual mentors went well beyond her janitor father to include ex-bank robbers and homeless men. These eccentric teachers taught her about the circuitous alleyways of semantics and the depth of moral philosophy. ONeills intimate recollections make Wisdom in Nonsense the perfect companion to her widely praised debut novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals (HarperCollins).

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press (CA)
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1772123773
• ISBN 13: 9781772123777
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64