Dirty work : my gruelling, glorious, life-changing summer in the wilderness

Daisy Sound Recording 2021

When Anna Maxymiw accepts a summer job as a housekeeper at a fishing lodge in Northern Ontario, she has little idea what to expect. As a child, she goes fishing with her father and brother in Toronto's High Park; as a teenager on a family fishing trip, following the death of her uncle, she finds herself indelibly altered by the thrill of bringing a pike to the surface. At 23, when she decides to leave behind her masters degree and city life, and...

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Daisy talking books

Fishing lodges Ontario

Maxymiw, Anna

Outdoor life

Self-actualization (Psychology)

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ISBN:

9780221085345

Edition:

Daisy edition

Description:

1 DAISY disc (8 hr., 25 min.) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY

Other Title:

My gruelling, glorious, life-changing summer in the wilderness

Notes:

Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Read by Anna Maxymiw
Audio and text
DAISY reproduction. New York : McClelland and Stewart, 2019
Reproduced from: Toronto : Penguin Random House, 2019 9780771061509
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
Studio original

Contents:

The land of little sticks
Welcome to the summer, assholes
Queen of fishes
Pin bones
Pantheon
The flock
Cake
No-woman's land
Naiads
Sam
Trouble bear
Beyond the veil
The buzz
No to it all
Roots
The spark
The burn
What we leave behind

Control Number:

3056203

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Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)

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