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Life on the refrigerator door : a novel in notes
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- ISBN: 9781443403603 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1443403601 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource - Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : HarperCollins Canada, 2012.
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, October 3, 2013). |
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Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
Claire and her mother are running out of time, but they don't know it. They rarely find themselves in the same room at the same time, and it often seems that the only thing they can count on are notes to each other on the refrigerator door. When home isthreatened by a crisis, their relationship experiences a momentous change. Forced to reevaluate the delicate balance between their personal lives and their bond as mother and daughter, Claire and her mother find new love and devotion for one another deeper than anything they had ever imagined. - HARPERCOLL
Life on the Refrigerator Door is a poignant and deeply moving first novel about the bonds of love and frustration that tie mothers and daughters together. Told entirely in a series of notes left on the kitchen fridgeâsome casual, some intimate, some funny, some angryâit is the story of nine months in the life of 15-year-old Claire and her single mother.
Preoccupied with their busy separate lives, rarely in the same room at the same time, they talk to each other in a series of short snippets that reflect the daily drama of school, boyfriends, work and chores that make up their days. Yet the mundane soon becomes extraordinary when a crisis overtakes their livesâa momentous change that will redefine their relationship and unfold in their exchanges on the refrigerator door.
Short, powerful and unforgettable, Kuipersâ novel looks deep into the complex relationship between mothers and daughters, and the distances that can open up between people who live together but exist in their own worlds. Unfolding in a wonderfully simple and intimate narrative, Life on the Refrigerator Door will appeal to readers across the generations, delivering universal lessons about love.
