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02361aam a22003258i 4500 001 14D656F6A49B11EA9676382F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200602013355 008 190929s2020 bcc 000 f eng 020 $a 9781551528014 (softcover) 020 $a 1551528010 035 $a (OCoLC)1121084312 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d TOH $d OCLCO $d IW5 $d SILO 042 $a lac 050 4 $a 819.32 S7473 055 0 $a PS8637.T55 $b V36 2020 082 0 $a C813/.6 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Stintzi, John Elizabeth, $e author. 245 10 $a Vanishing monuments / $c John Elizabeth Stintzi. 260 $a Vancouver : $b Arsenal Pulp Press; $c 2020. 263 $a 2005 300 $a 320 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "A brilliant novel whose lead character returns home to their long-estranged mother who is now suffering from dementia. Alani Baum, a non-binary photographer and teacher, hasn't seen their mother since they ran away with their girlfriend when they were seventeen - almost thirty years ago. But when Alani gets a call from a doctor at the assisted living facility where their mother has been for the last five years, they learn that their mother's dementia has worsened and appears to have taken away her ability to speak. As a result, Alani suddenly find themselves running away again - only this time, they're running back to their mother. Staying at their mother's empty home, Alani attempts to tie up the loose ends of their mother's life while grappling with the painful memories that - in the face of their mother's disease - they're terrified to lose. Meanwhile, the memories inhabiting the house slowly grow animate, and the longer Alani is there, the longer they're forced to confront the fact that any closure they hope to get from this homecoming will have to be manufactured. This beautiful, tenderly written debut novel by Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers winner John Elizabeth Stintzi explores what haunts us most, bearing witness to grief over not only what is lost, but also what remains..-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format, 650 0 $a Mother and child $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dementia $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200602014550.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14D656F6A49B11EA9676382F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search