Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
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Edition 31 (2021) Winner
Vicki Laveau-Harvie
ゔぃっき・らゔぉー＝はーゔぃー
Vikiki Rabō-Hāvī
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Canadian, Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Alberta, Canada → France → Sydney, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Author
- Active Years
- 2018-2024
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Finch Memoir Prize | The Erratics | — | Finch Publishing | Winner |
| 2019 | Stella Prize | The Erratics | — | Stella Prize | Winner |
| 2019 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction | The Erratics | — | Government of New South Wales | Shortlisted |
| 2021 | Edna Staebler Award | The Erratics | — | Wilfrid Laurier University | Winner |
Finch Memoir Prize
2018
Work:
The Erratics
Organization:
Finch Publishing
Result:
Winner
Stella Prize
2019
Work:
The Erratics
Organization:
Stella Prize
Result:
Winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction
2019
Work:
The Erratics
Organization:
Government of New South Wales
Result:
Shortlisted
Edna Staebler Award
2021
Work:
The Erratics
Organization:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Erratics
2018 Memoir 224 pagesAfter Vicki Laveau-Harvie's mother is hospitalised for a fractured hip, she and her sister travel to their parents' home in Alberta, Canada to care for their elderly parents. Laveau-Harvie has been estranged from her parents for eighteen years, having moved to France as a young adult and then to Australia. When she arrives in Canada, she discovers that her father has been brainwashed, starved and imprisoned by her mother. Her mother, who has long been prone to narcissism and manipulative behaviour, is experiencing delusions. She and her sister attempt to have their mother institutionalised, fearing that she will kill their father once she is released from hospital. Eventually, her mother is placed in a mental health ward for ongoing treatment, and Laveau-Harvie returns to Sydney.
dysfunctional familynarcissistic motherfamily traumaCanadian winter landscape
Bibliography
- The Erratics
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- brimming with honestybalance of grief and humourvivid descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- family dysfunctionmanipulative behaviourharsh winter landscape
Legacy
Won the 2019 Stella Prize with her debut memoir The Erratics, praised for its honest narrative and evocative view of a dysfunctional family.
Trivia
- Her debut book went out of print when the publisher Finch collapsed, but was republished and won the Stella Prize
- One of the rare debut works to win a major literary prize