Book
The bus on Thursday / Shirley Barrett.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374110444
- ISBN: 0374110441
- Physical Description: 290 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : MCD x FSG Originals/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "MCD x FSG Originals." |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Breast > Cancer > Fiction. Cancer > Patients > Fiction. Women > Fiction. Teachers > Australia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Black humor. Humorous fiction. Black humor (Literature) |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Granisle Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granisle Public Library | Apb BAR (Text) | 35190000252294 | Adult Paperback Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Overwhelmed by her cancer treatments, Eleanor takes a job as a teacher in a remote Australian town where she finds the children are unstable and oversensitive and the adults believe that illness is caused by demons. - Baker & Taylor
Overwhelmed by her cancer treatments and a bad breakup, Eleanor takes a teaching job in a remote Australian community where the children are beset by unstable hypersensitivities and the locals believe that illness is caused by demons. Original. - McMillan Palgrave
"A horror novel about a breast cancer survivor told in the voice of your funniest but most anxious friend, The Bus on Thursday is an appealing mix of genres that is both fluffy and deeply affecting at the same time." âMaris Kreizman, Vulture
"Funny, angry, feminist . . . [Barrett is] a masterly world-builder." âMelissa Maerz, The New York Times Book Review
Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this wickedly funny, dark novel about one womanâs post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her
It wasnât just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellettâs life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it.
One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being dissected and removed by an inappropriately attractive doctor, and she was suddenly deluged with cupcakes, judgy support groups, and her mum knitting sweaters.
Luckily, Eleanor discovers Talbingo, a remote little town looking for a primary-school teacher. Their Miss Barker up and vanished in the night, despite being the most caring teacher ever, according to everyone. Unfortunately, Talbingo is a bit creepy. Itâs not just the communion-wine-guzzling friar prone to mad rants about how cancer is caused by demons. Or the unstable, overly sensitive kids, always going on about Miss Barker and her amazing sticker system. Itâs living alone in a remote cabin, with no cell or Internet service, wondering why there are so many locks on the front door and who is knocking on it late at night.
Riotously funny, deeply unsettling, and surprisingly poignant, Shirley Barrettâs The Bus on Thursday is a wickedly weird, wild ride for fans of Helen Fielding, Maria Semple, and Stephen King.
