Wisdom in Nonsense: Invaluable Lessons from My Father

by Heather O'Neill and Kit Dobson

I broke all the rules that my dad gave me.

It was he who had given me, in part, the confidence to think of my life as being worthy to mix with those of the geniuses. --Heather O'Neill

With generosity and wry humour, novelist Heather O'Neill recalls several key lessons she learned in childhood from her father: memories and stories about how crime does pay, why one should never keep a diary, and that it is good to beware of clowns, among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772123773
• ISBN13: 9781772123777
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.0"