TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laveau-Harvie,Vicki
TI  - The erratics
SN  - 9781460758250
U1  - 616.85 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Sydney, N.S.W.
PB  - 4th Estate
KW  - Laveau-Harvie, Vicki.
KW  - Laveau-Harvie, Vicki
KW  - Families
KW  - Canada
KW  - Family secrets
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Mentally ill
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Adult children
KW  - Australia
KW  - Biography
KW  - Mentally ill mothers
KW  - Dysfunctional families
KW  - Aging parents
KW  - Care
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Australian
KW  - lcgft
N1  - First published in 2018 by Finch Publishing.
N2  - When her elderly mother is hospitalised unexpectedly, Vicki travels to her parents' isolated ranch home in Alberta, Canada, to help her father. She has been estranged from her parents for many years (the reasons for which rapidly become clear) and is horrified by what she discovers on her arrival. Her mother has always been mentally unstable, but for years camouflaged her delusions and unpredictability. Over the decades she has managed to shut herself and her husband away from the outside world. Vicki's father, who has been systematically starved and kept virtually a prisoner in his own home, begins to realise what has happened to him and embarks upon plans of his own to combat his wife. Vicki quickly realises how dangerous, and potentially life-threatening, her mother's behaviour is. She fears for her father's life and her own safety if her mother returns home. The power play between her parents takes a dramatic turn and leaves Vicki embroiled in situations that are ludicrous, heart-breaking, and frightening. All this makes for an intensely gripping, yet black-humoured family drama that will keep you on the edge of your seat
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