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Clean

- A remarkable walk along the cliff edge of life *2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize*
Af: Michele Kirsch Engelsk Paperback

Clean

- A remarkable walk along the cliff edge of life *2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize*
Af: Michele Kirsch Engelsk Paperback
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***2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize***

"Beautifully crafted and written, filled with darkness and light, compelling... She fights addiction with honesty and humour. And, like her, [we] come away changed forever." Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, RSL Christopher Bland Prize


When Michele Kirsch''s father is killed in a train crash, her mother gets the vapours and Michele gets extremely nervous. By her mid-teens, she has found salvation in valium. Her favourite words on the prescription sheet are "Take As Needed", which she interprets as Take All The Time.

Later, as a wife and mother, she adds alcohol into the mix, and before long her life is spinning out of control. Leaving home "for the sake of the family", she takes the scenic route to rehab, redemption and reinvention.

But this is no misery memoir. Clean is a darkly comic tale about the difficult choices we have to make as we navigate our lives. While working as a domestic cleaner in her 50s, Michele finds herself living vicariously through other people''s messes, tidying her way through early sobriety. As the Duster of Large Things, she taps into her natural nosiness to reveal the absurdities of a seemingly banal job.

This is a remarkable, powerful, and often unbearably funny story in which cleaning and getting clean lead to a strange and magical form of redemption.

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***2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize***

"Beautifully crafted and written, filled with darkness and light, compelling... She fights addiction with honesty and humour. And, like her, [we] come away changed forever." Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, RSL Christopher Bland Prize


When Michele Kirsch''s father is killed in a train crash, her mother gets the vapours and Michele gets extremely nervous. By her mid-teens, she has found salvation in valium. Her favourite words on the prescription sheet are "Take As Needed", which she interprets as Take All The Time.

Later, as a wife and mother, she adds alcohol into the mix, and before long her life is spinning out of control. Leaving home "for the sake of the family", she takes the scenic route to rehab, redemption and reinvention.

But this is no misery memoir. Clean is a darkly comic tale about the difficult choices we have to make as we navigate our lives. While working as a domestic cleaner in her 50s, Michele finds herself living vicariously through other people''s messes, tidying her way through early sobriety. As the Duster of Large Things, she taps into her natural nosiness to reveal the absurdities of a seemingly banal job.

This is a remarkable, powerful, and often unbearably funny story in which cleaning and getting clean lead to a strange and magical form of redemption.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9781780724904
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 178072490X
Udg. Dato: 6 aug 2020
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Octopus Publishing Group
Oplagsdato: 6 aug 2020
Forfatter(e): Michele Kirsch
Forfatter(e) Michele Kirsch


Kategori Sundhed, sygdom og afhængighed: sociale aspekter


ISBN-13 9781780724904


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 288


Udgave


Længde 27mm


Bredde 196mm


Højde 128mm


Udg. Dato 6 aug 2020


Oplagsdato 6 aug 2020


Forlag Octopus Publishing Group

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