The Things We Live With [electronic resource] : : Essays on Uncertainty
Gemma Nisbet2023
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‘This is how I became interested in things. In their strange pull and power;
in the ways they hold on to us and we to them.’
After her father dies of cancer, Gemma Nisbet is inundated with keepsakes
connected to his life by family and friends. As she becomes attuned to the ways
certain items can evoke specific memories or moments, she begins to ask
questions about the relationships between objects and people. Why is it so
difficult to discard some artefacts and not others? Does the power exerted by
precious things influence the ways we remember the past and perceive the
future?
As Nisbet considers her father’s life and begins to connect his experiences of
mental illness with her own, she wonders whether hanging on to ‘stuff’ is
ultimately a source of comfort or concern. Intimate and wide-ranging, The Things
We Live With is a collection of essays about how we learn to live with the
‘things’ handed down in families which we carry throughout our lives: not only
materia...
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Author:
Gemma Nisbet, Author
Imprint:
Perth, W.A. : Upswell Publishing, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743823231
Language:
English
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BRN:
530134
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |