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04785cam a2200469 i 4500 |
CONTROL NUMBER |
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920680167 |
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20151023052648.5 |
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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150826t20152015nyu 000 0aeng |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2015022200 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781250068828 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
1250068827 |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Description conventions |
rda |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
YDX |
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SFR |
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ON8 |
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YDXCP |
AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
pcc |
GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
RC265.5 |
Item number |
.M37 2015 |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
RC265.5 |
Item number |
.M37 2015 |
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
QZ 201 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
362.19699/40092 |
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B |
Edition number |
23 |
AUTHOR NAME |
AUTHOR NAME |
Marshall, Dan |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Home is burning / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Dan Marshall. |
EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
First edition. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xi, 304 pages ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm. |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
"For the Marshalls, laughter is the best medicine. Especially when combined with alcohol, pain pills, excessive cursing, sexual escapades, actual medicine, and more alcohol. Meet Dan Marshall. 25, good job, great girlfriend, and living the dream life in sunny Los Angeles without a care in the world. Until his mother calls. And he ignores it, as you usually do when Mom calls. Then she calls again. And again. Dan thought things were going great at home. But it turns out his mom's cancer, which she had battled throughout his childhood with tenacity and a mouth foul enough to make a sailor blush, is back. And to add insult to injury, his loving father has been diagnosed with ALS. Sayonara L.A., Dan is headed home to Salt Lake City, Utah.Never has there been a more reluctant family reunion: His older sister is resentful, having stayed closer to home to bear the brunt of their mother's illness. His younger brother comes to lend a hand, giving up a journalism career and evenings cruising Chicago gay bars. His next younger sister, a sullen teenager, is a rebel with a cause. And his baby sister - through it all - can only think about her beloved dance troop. Dan returns to shouting matches at the dinner table, old flames knocking at the door, and a speech device programmed to help his father communicate that is as crude as the rest of them. But they put their petty differences aside and form Team Terminal, battling their parents' illnesses as best they can, when not otherwise distracted by the chaos that follows them wherever they go. Not even the family cats escape unscathed.As Dan steps into his role as caregiver, wheelchair wrangler, and sibling referee, he watches pieces of his previous life slip away, and comes to realize that the further you stretch the ties that bind, the tighter they hold you together"-- |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
"Dan's mom has always had cancer. First diagnosed when he was only ten years old, she was the model of resilience throughout his childhood, fighting her disease with tenacity and a mouth foul enough to make a sailor blush. But just as she faces a relapse, her husband -a successful businessman and devoted father-is diagnosed with ALS. He is told that in a few months' time, he will be unable to walk, eat, or breathe on his own. Dan, a recent college graduate living the good life in Los Angeles, has no choice but to return home to help. Reinstalled in his parents' basement (in one of the only non-Mormon homes in a Salt Lake City subdivision) Dan is reunited with his siblings. His older sister Tiffany is resentful, having stayed closer to home to bear the brunt of their mother's illness. Younger brother Greg comes to lend a hand, giving up a journalism career and evenings cruising Chicago gay bars. Younger sister Michelle is a sullen teenager experimenting with drinking and flirting with her 35-year-old soccer coach. And baby sister Chelsea-the oddest duck in a family of misfits-can only think about dance. Together they form Team Terminal, going to battle against their parents' illnesses and cracking plenty of jokes along the way. As Dan steps into his role as caregiver, wheelchair wrangler, and sibling referee, he watches pieces of his previous life slip away, and comes to realize that you don't get to choose when it's time to grow up"-- |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cancer |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cancer |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mothers and daughters |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mothers and sons |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fathers and daughters |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fathers and sons |
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
d |
362.196 MAR |
c |
314 |