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Birdsell, Sandra, 1942-
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Finance, Personal -- Fiction.
Debt -- Fiction.
Bankruptcy -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Regina (Sask.) -- Fiction.
Saskatchewan -- Fiction.
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Birdsell, Sandra, 1942-
Finance, Personal -- Fiction.
Debt -- Fiction.
Bankruptcy -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Regina (Sask.) -- Fiction.
Saskatchewan -- Fiction.
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Waiting for Joe /
Sandra
Birdsell
.
by
Birdsell
,
Sandra
,
1942-
Random House Canada, c2010.
Call #:
FICTION BIR
Subjects
Finance, Personal -- Fiction.
Debt -- Fiction.
Bankruptcy -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Regina (Sask.) -- Fiction.
Saskatchewan -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780307359162
9780307359179 (2011 Vintage Canada pbk.)
Description:
272 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"After you've lost it all -- job, house, savings, future -- what have you got left? On a chilly early morning in late spring, Joe Beaudry and his wife, Laurie, wake up in circumstances that would challenge saints: they are on the lam in a stolen motorhome on the edge of a Walmart parking lot in Regina, Saskatchewan. They've gone bust, spectacularly: lost the house that was Joe's gift from his dad, lost the business Joe started when he got married, and stuck his ancient father in a nursing home in Winnipeg so they could flee their creditors. Joe knows the reality of the situation, and is trying to raise enough cash to get them both to Fort McMurray where he hopes he can find work. But Laurie, even though she watched Joe trash their high-end appliances with a sledgehammer when the yard sale didn't deliver enough cash, somehow thinks it's only temporary, and maxes out their last credit card on wardrobe and hair dye and wishes and dreams. For Joe, it's the last straw in a marriage that once seemed star-crossed and now seems simply unworkable. Pushed to figure out what to do next, Joe simply takes off hitchhiking, leaving Laurie waiting for Joe, and Joe wondering how he will ever find meaning in a world that has disappointed his every expectation. The road for both of them provides surprising answers..."--Inside jacket.
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Canadian fiction.
Psychological fiction.
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