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082 00 306.85086/94209711|223 
092    BIO|bWILLIAMS 
100 1  Williams, Barbara,|d1953-|eauthor. 
245 14 The hope in leaving :|ba memoir /|cBarbara Williams. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSeven Stories Press,|c[2016] 
300    240 pages :|billustrations ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520 2  "On the day she is leaving town to escape her troubled 
       family and to start over at twenty-four--she finds a note 
       on her mother's door. Her brother has shot himself. In 
       stories that face reality so squarely they express what 
       usually goes unsaid--from exhilaration to despair--Barbara
       Williams remembers her childhood leading up to this 
       moment. Her father is a logger, nomad, and born dreamer. 
       Her mother has too many kids and never enough money to 
       support or protect them. The family keeps on the move, 
       shedding a grand total of twenty-seven homes. Williams 
       remembers having one hope as a child, 'the hope in leaving
       and doing better next time.' But poverty, mental illness, 
       substances abuse, and injustice pursued them wherever they
       went. They lived smalltown life hard and suffered, most of
       all her brother--the fearless star of their childhood 
       adventures and misadventures. Williams writes, 'We grew up
       like wild animals with the wrong set of instincts for our 
       environment.' It might be said it's a miracle she survived
       to bring us these stories. In doing so, Williams proves 
       there is one thing that can survive the worst of life and 
       even death: love without judgment"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Williams, Barbara,|d1953-|xChildhood and youth. 
600 10 Williams, Barbara,|d1953-|xFamily. 
650  0 Coming of age|zBritish Columbia. 
650  0 Loggers|xFamily relationships|zBritish Columbia. 
650  0 Logging|xSocial aspects|zBritish Columbia. 
650  0 Migrant laborers' families|zBritish Columbia|vBiography. 
650  0 Poor families|zBritish Columbia|vBiography. 
650  0 Dysfunctional families|zBritish Columbia|vBiography. 
650  0 Actresses|zCanada|vBiography. 
651  0 British Columbia|vBiography. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft