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Wisdom in nonsense : invaluable lessons from my father / Heather O'Neil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, Heather, 1973- author.
- Series:
- Henry Kreisel lecture series.
- CLC Kreisel lecture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- O'Neill, Heather--Childhood and youth.
- O'Neill, Heather.
- Authors, Canadian--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, Canadian.
- Fathers and daughters--Canada--Biography.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (67 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- Foreword in English and French.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Liminaire
- Introduction
- Prelude
- Lesson 1 Never Keep a Diary
- Lesson 2 Learn to Play the Tuba
- Lesson 3 Never Share Your Scientific Research
- Lesson 4 Make Friends with Jewish Kids
- Lesson 5 Accept That You're Ugly and Move On
- Lesson 6 Never Tell Anyone What Your Parents Do for a Living
- Lesson 7 Know About Art History
- Lesson 8 Crime Does Pay
- Lesson 9 Enjoy a Fondue Dinner
- Lesson 10 Respect Old Timers
- Lesson 11 It's the Thought That Counts
- Lesson 12 Never Watch a Paul Newman Movie
- Lesson 13 Beware of Clowns
- Coda: Sometimes There Is 39 Nothing to Be Learned
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 13, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 1-77212-399-4
- OCLC:
- 1022079692
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