The biggest surprise - and disappointment - that life holds is that it is over so fast. The golden tomorrow, to which most people (usually women) put off their hopes rarely appears. This is the lesson learned by Helen McLean in her memoir.
Details from a Larger Canvas is about a woman with the expectations of her time and class heavy upon her shoulders; in short, she is supposed to be much the same woman as her Rosedale matron mother-in-law whose life was bound up in sets of rules and whose life had little expression except in the form of materialistic acquisition and censure. Instead, Helen creates her own life - and, while painting a portrait of Margaret Laurence, finds a woman with whom she has common ground.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 759.11
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781550029062 0889242976
- LCCN
- ND249.M286
- LCCN Item number
- A2 2001eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (318 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00601215 (OCoLC)431534476 (CaOOCEL)410649
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- Details 1
- Canvas 1
- Helen McLean 1
- Details From a Larger Canvas 1
- Helen McLean A Memoir 4
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- HEAT 12
- A BORN ARTIST 38
- FRANCIS 48
- UTICA 1948 88
- THE FIFTIES 111
- SEAN 137
- THE FARM 178
- IN THE COUNTY 197
- PAINTING MARGARET LAURENCE 214
- TWO YEARS LESS A DAY 227
- HOUSE AND HOME 237
- SEAN AGAIN 246
- WORLDLY GOODS 262
- VITA BREVIS ARS LONGA 292
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- Details 322
- Canvas 322
- Helen McLean 322
- Details From a Larger Canvas 322