Keep : a novel / Jenny Haysom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haysom, Jenny, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Fiction.

Dementia.

Memory--Fiction.

Memory.

Poets--Fiction.

Poets.

Eccentrics and eccentricities--Fiction.

Eccentrics and eccentricities.

Caregivers--Fiction.

Caregivers.

Orderliness--Fiction.

Orderliness.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

273 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[Toronto, Ontario] : Anansi, 2024.

Summary:

"Home staging is an art of erasure. But in some cases--no matter how much clutter you remove, or how many coats of white paint you apply--stains bleed through, and memories rise from the walls like ghosts. Harriet, an elderly poet whose eccentricities have been compounded by years of living alone, must sell her beloved house. Having been recently diagnosed with dementia, she is being moved into a care facility against her wishes. When stagers Eleanor and Jacob are hired for the job, they quickly find themselves immersed in Harriet's brimming and mysterious world, but as they struggle to help her, their own lives are unravelling. Keep is a meditation on all the stuff in our lives--from the singular, handcrafted artifact to indelible, mass-produced plastics. As Jenny Haysom excavates the material of our domestic spaces, she centres the people within them and celebrates the power of memory, even when it falters."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Haysom, Jenny, 1972- Keep.

ISBN:

9781487012427

148701242X

OCLC:

1417393166