Title The Torontonians : a novel / by Phyllis Brett Young.

Descript 1 online resource (xxxi, 325 pages) : illustrations Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxi). Summary The arrival, one sunny morning, of pale green wall-to-wall carpeting for the living room is the crowning jewel in Karen Whitney's long-anticipated transformation of her house into a beautiful home, renovated to the exacting standards of her own impeccable taste. Contents Contents -- Foreword -- About the Novel -- Introduction -- Author's Note -- 1. The exact size and shape and colour -- 2. Nothing serious, I hope? -- 3. Were you happy in that place? -- 4. A pop-up toaster would be quite unsuitable -- 5. There's nothing like a buckwheat lawn -- 6. Right in the middle of Loblaw's -- 7. Everything was very personal in those days -- 8. Don't get so excited, darling -- 9. Neither here nor there -- 10. Your mother wouldn't mind, would she? -- 11. Personally, I recommend the gin -- 12. Just a friendly cook-out 13. Nothing definitive ever happens in Geneva14. They're very informal at the palace -- 15. Only a routine check-up -- 16. It could have been a whole lot worse -- 17. And how do you like our little town? -- 18. A once smooth, grey cube -- 19. I'm sure you'll understand -- 20. Good-bye in the afternoon -- 21. You never get something for nothing -- People, Places, and Things Nathalie Cooke and Suzanne Morton Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Self-perception in women -- Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction. Suburbs -- Fiction. Middle class -- Fiction. Toronto (Ont.) -- Fiction. FICTION -- General. Middle class. (OCoLC)fst01020437 Self-actualization (Psychology) in women. (OCoLC)fst01741869 Self-perception in women. (OCoLC)fst01111839 Suburbs. (OCoLC)fst01136941 Ontario -- Toronto. (OCoLC)fst01205798 ISBN 9780773575684 (electronic bk.) 0773575685 (electronic bk.) 9780773533240 (pbk.) 0773533249 (pbk.)