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02760aam a2200457 i 4500 001 25E89126BBB811EC8D59041432ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220414010012 008 220407s2022 nyua b 000 0deng 010 $a 2021047712 020 $a 154162047X 020 $a 9781541620476 035 $a (OCoLC)1309298426 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c OQX $d OQX $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 306.874/3092 $2 23/eng/20211217 100 1 $a Duffy, Karen, $d 1961- $e author. 245 10 $a Wise up : $b irreverent enlightenment from a mother who's been through it / $c Karen Duffy. 246 30 $a Irreverent enlightenment from a mother who's been through it 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Seal Press, $c 2022. 300 $a x, 272 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269). 505 0 $a Why I write you letters -- Get a life philosophy -- Interlude: Meet the Stoics -- Say no to the pigdog -- Low-level happiness -- That's amore -- Invictus -- Interlude: William Ernest Henley -- Donkeys and weasels -- Uncle Golden toe -- Small carrots -- Homo stupidus to Homo sapiens -- Interlude: The four cardinal virtues -- Read yourself a new brain -- Parenting : to bring forth -- The imp of the perverse -- My name is Karen and I do not want to speak to your manager -- Decline of the sacred -- The strangest of places -- Memento mori -- Interlude: Things to do when you're dead -- The fourth trimester -- A letter from Jack. 520 $a "Filled with dry humor, sharp wit, and motherly care, Karen Duffy offers timeless pearls of wisdom. When she was diagnosed with a life-threatening neurological disease, she decided that to survive, she had to learn to laugh. In adulthood and motherhood, she has found that she has earned more than her fair share of wisdom and wisecracks to offer her teenage son. These are her stories, advice, and insights that have helped her embrace all that her whirlwind life has thrown her way"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Duffy, Karen, $d 1961- 600 10 $a Duffy, Karen, $d 1961- $x Family. 650 0 $a Motherhood $z United States $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Mothers and sons $z United States $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Mothers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Wisdom $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Conduct of life $v Miscellanea. 941 $a 6 952 $l GVPC501 $d 20231222013137.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20230214011204.0 952 $l WBPB115 $d 20230209023948.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220712010415.0 952 $l VBPC034 $d 20220628011042.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220414010044.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=25E89126BBB811EC8D59041432ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search