Some maintenance required / Marie-Renée Lavoie ; translated by Arielle Aaronson.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487007737 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 259 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Arachnide, 2022.
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Genre: | Bildungsromans. Humorous fiction. Novels. |
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