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    Liveability

    By Claire Orchard

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    any home boils down to one of two options:the place you' re on your way back toor the place you' re leaving.In Liveability, Claire Orchard places us vividly in the lives, pasts, futures and homes of others: A young farmer obsessively photographs snowflakes in wintry Vermont. A pair of geckos named Romeo and Juliet live out their lives in an ice-cream container. A CPR manikin contemplates their resuscitator, Leonard Nimoy peers through the TV screen into a family living room, while a girl reaches her own conclusion about who is bravest of them all.An ode to the eccentricities and occasional sorrows of the everyday, Liveability is also a joyous and witty celebration of the otherworldly.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVictoria University Press
    Release dateNov 9, 2023
    ISBN9781776921706
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