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

By:

Lavoie, Marie-Renee, 1974-

Contributor(s):

Aaronson, Arielle

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: [Toronto] : Arachnide, 2022.Description: 259 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781487007737 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

Les chars meurent aussi. English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Fiction	West Grey Neustadt Branch Shelves	Fiction	FIC LAV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003226066

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First published in French in 2018.

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.

Translated from the French.

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