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What I did : [a novel] / Christopher Wakling.
When spirited six-year old Billy Wright, out for an early-morning walk in the park with his father, runs into a busy street, his world is irreversibly altered, though he doesn't know it at the time. a passerby has seen Billy's father pull him from the road and spank him. Within an hour, she has informed social services, plunging the family into a waking nightmare that begins with a social worker's visit and escalates thanks to bad luck, bad judgment and a series of misunderstandings until the family is threatened to its core. Billy is one of the most captivating narrators in recent fiction: his idiosyncratic, frequently hilarious voice is an insightful guide through this tragicomic story about the unseen consequences of a split-second decision, about a childhood interrupted and about the lengths to which we will go to protect the ones we love.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443409575 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 144340957X (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 277 p. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Subtitle from cover. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by John Murray (Publishers)."--T.p. verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Child abuse > Fiction. Family violence > Fiction. Child welfare > Fiction. Families > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Smithers Public Library | F WAK (Text) | 35101000362041 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
