| Family and Other Catastrophes Lib/E Contributor(s): Borowitz, Alexandra (Author), Ronconi, Amanda (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538510561 ISBN-13: 9781538510568 Publisher: Mira Books OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Satire |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A delightfully quirky debut about family bonds and the chaos that ensues when nature and lack of nurture collide.Emily Glass knows she's neurotic. But she's got it under control. Sort of. She dons compression socks when she flies (because, you know, deep vein thrombosis) and responds to people routinely overestimating her age with more Lifespin classes and less gluten. Thankfully, she also has David, the wonderful man she'll soon call husband-assuming they can survive wedding week with her wildly dysfunctional family.Emily's therapist mother, Marla, who's been diagnosing her children since they were in diapers, sees their homecoming as the perfect opportunity for long-overdue family therapy sessions. Less enthused are Emily and her two siblings: ardently feminist older sister Lauren, who doesn't think the wedding party should have defined gender roles, and recently divorced brother Jason, whose overzealous return to singlehood is only tempered by his puzzling friendship with David's Renaissance Faire-enthusiast brother.As the week comes to a tumultuous head, Emily wants nothing more than to get married and get as far away from her crazy relatives as possible. But that's easier said than done when Marla's meddling breathes new life into old secrets. After all, the ties that bind family together may bend, but they aren't so easily broken.Laugh-out-loud funny and endearingly raw, Family and Other Catastrophes is as entertaining as your favorite sitcom and introduces Alexandra Borowitz as an outstanding new voice in humorous fiction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Borowitz, Alexandra: - Alexandra Borowitz has been writing since she was six, and her family and friends provide endless inspiration. She was raised in New York, and spent her first years out of college in San Francisco working at advertising startups. This is What You Always Do is her first novel.Ronconi, Amanda: - Amanda Ronconi is an actress and narrator who divides her time between New York City and upstate New York. She holds a BFA from New York University, where she studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory. Amanda has performed in theaters around New York City and regionally, as well as on film and television. |