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Some maintenance required / Marie-Renée Lavoie ; translated by Arielle Aaronson.

by Lavoie, Marie-Renée, 1974-

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Arachnide, 2022.

Young women -- Fiction.

Maintenance -- Fiction.

Coming of age -- Fiction.

9781487007737 (trade pbk)

Chars meurent aussi. English

272 p. ; 21 cm.

Translation of: Les chars meurent aussi.

Translated from the French.

"Bestselling author of Autopsy of a Boring Wife Marie-Renée Lavoie is a master of making us fall in love with her characters. She does it again with the tender coming-of-age story Some Maintenance Required. It is 1993, the last year of school and Laurie’s final spring before adulthood. She works part time at a restaurant and looks after Cindy, her neglected, potty-mouthed little neighbour. Like her mother, Laurie devours books and dreams big. Her father works at a garage, where Laurie constantly struggles to keep her car running. It is here that a budding romance intensifies Laurie’s understanding of class differences, and opens her eyes to a more complicated world. With her big heart, she takes Cindy globe-trotting without even leaving town, and learns how to come to terms with circumstances beyond her control. Life teaches Laurie that everyone requires some maintenance sometimes. A story of taking responsibility and coming into adulthood, Some Maintenance Required is as funny and as impressive as its main character."--Publisher.

Canadian fiction.

Women's fiction.

French-Canadian fiction -- Translations into English.

Aaronson, Arielle.

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