All Families Are Psychotic
Douglas Coupland
282 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0007151705
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2002
Adult FictionCanadaCanadian LiteratureContemporaryFamilyFictionHumorLiterary FictionLiteratureNovels
In a cheap motel an hour from Cape Canaveral, Janet Drummond takes her medication, and does a rapid tally of the wereabouts of her children. Wade has spent the night in jail; suicidal Bryan is due to arrive at any moment with his vowel-free girfriend, Shw; and then there is Sarah, ‘a bolt of lightning frozen in midflash’ – here in Orlando to be the star of Friday’s shuttle mission. With Janet’s ex-husband and his trophy wife also in town, Janet spends a moment contemplating her family, and where it all went wrong.