Emotionally weird / (Record no. 6539)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0-5529-9734-8 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | PCCR Library |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Fic At87 2015 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Atkinson, Kate |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Emotionally weird / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Kate Atkinson |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | United Kingdom : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 482 pages; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Main Characters and Setup<br/><br/>Euphemia “Effie” Andrews (sometimes Stuart‑Murray) — She’s a 21‑year‑old student at the University of Dundee in 1972. Effie is disorganized, living with Bob (her somewhat apathetic, stoned‑boyfriend type), failing to turn in essays, avoiding lectures, etc. <br/><br/>Nora — Effie’s mother (or at least the woman who raised her). Their relationship is distant, secretive, and full of stories and half‑truths. Effie suspects Nora may not have told her everything—especially about her parentage. <br/><br/>Key Plot Points<br/><br/>Effie visits her mother Nora, who has taken refuge on a remote, weather‑beaten Scottish island, in a crumbling ancestral house. Effie hopes to draw from Nora answers about her background—who her father is, whether Nora is really her mother, whether what she’s been told is true. <br/><br/>Effie also tells stories—of her college life (with Bob, odd roommates, assignments, creative writing classes); of her creative writing projects (including a murder mystery); of what she imagines or fears; and of various literary experiments, parodies, and snippets of other people’s writings. The narration is often self‑aware, playful, unreliable. <br/><br/>There are strange, possibly sinister elements: Effie feels she’s being followed; there are rumours of murders at a retirement home; hints that something more is going on under the humour and absurdity. Also, a mysterious yellow dog features in the narrative as a recurring motif. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Identity & parentage |
| General subdivision | Fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mother‑daughter relationships |
| General subdivision | Fiction |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Fiction | PCCR College Library | PCCR College Library | Fiction | 10/18/2025 | Donation (Ms. Annabel T. Gatmin, Librarian) | Fic At87 2015 | 08921 | 10/18/2025 | 1 | 10/18/2025 | Books |
