Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Watching you without me  Cover Image Book Book

Watching you without me / Lynn Coady.

Coady, Lynn, 1970- (author.).

Summary:

After her mother's sudden death, Karen finds herself back in her childhood home in Nova Scotia for the first time in a decade, acting as full-time caregiver to Kelli, her older sister. Overwhelmed with grief and the daily needs of Kelli, who was born with a developmental disability, Karen begins to feel consumed by the isolation of her new role. On top of that, she's weighed down with guilt over her years spent keeping Kelli and their independent-to-a-fault mother, Irene, at arm's length. And so when Trevor-- one of Kelli's support workers-- oversteps his role and offers friendly advice and a shoulder to cry on, Karen gratefully accepts his somewhat overbearing friendship. When she discovers how close Trevor was to Irene, she comes to trust him all the more. But as Trevor slowly insinuates himself into Karen and Kelli's lives, Karen starts to grasp the true aspect of his relationship with her mother-- and to experience for herself the suffocating nature of Trevor's "care.".

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781487006884 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 367 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : House of Anansi Press Inc., 2019.
Subject: Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Caregivers > Fiction.
People with disabilities > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Trust > Fiction.
Nova Scotia > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch FIC Coady 31681010171262 FICTION Available -


Additional Resources