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Marc Koralnik |
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WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
An entertaining, witty and wise debut novel that puts the fun back in dysfunctional family in the tradition of such smart, comic dramas as Karen Russell's Swamplandia! and Jonathan Tropper's This Is Where I Leave You
A woman goes over a waterfall, a video goes viral, a family goes into meltdownlife is about to get a lot more complicated for the Parkers. Set over the course of four calamitous days, We're All in This Together is a big-hearted and beguiling first novel that follows the Parkers' misadventures as catastrophe forces them to finally start acting like a family.
Like all families, the Parkers have had their share of complications. But when matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in a barrela feat captured on a video that goes viralit's Kate's family who tumbles into chaos under the spotlight her internet fame shines upon their private crises. Her prodigal daughter returns to town. Her 16-year-old granddaughter gets caught up in an online relationship with a man she has never met. Her husband sifts through a marriage to search for what sent his wife over the falls. Her adopted son fears losing the only family he's ever known. Then there is Kate, who once made a choice between a life of adventure and one of stability, and now fears her advancing dementia will rob her of memories from when she was most herself.
Entertaining, witty, and wise, Amy Jones's irresistible first novel tells a timeless story about finding your own place in the world, even if that means going home.
Originally from Halifax, AMY JONES is a graduate of the Optional Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at UBC. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in several Canadian publications, including The New Quarterly, Grain, Prairie Fire, Event, Room of Ones Own, The Antigonish Review, and 08: Best Canadian Stories. In 2006, she was the winner of the CBC Literary Award for Short Story in English, and she won the 2008 Metcalf-Rooke Award. Amy currently lives in Thunder Bay, where she is associate editor of The Walleye.
Like all families, the Parkers have had their share of complications. But when matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in a barrela feat captured on a video that goes viralit's Kate's family who tumbles into chaos under the spotlight her internet fame shines upon their private crises. Her prodigal daughter returns to town. Her 16-year-old granddaughter gets caught up in an online relationship with a man she has never met. Her husband sifts through a marriage to search for what sent his wife over the falls. Her adopted son fears losing the only family he's ever known. Then there is Kate, who once made a choice between a life of adventure and one of stability, and now fears her advancing dementia will rob her of memories from when she was most herself.
Entertaining, witty, and wise, Amy Jones's irresistible first novel tells a timeless story about finding your own place in the world, even if that means going home.
Originally from Halifax, AMY JONES is a graduate of the Optional Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at UBC. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in several Canadian publications, including The New Quarterly, Grain, Prairie Fire, Event, Room of Ones Own, The Antigonish Review, and 08: Best Canadian Stories. In 2006, she was the winner of the CBC Literary Award for Short Story in English, and she won the 2008 Metcalf-Rooke Award. Amy currently lives in Thunder Bay, where she is associate editor of The Walleye.
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Published 2016-06-01 by McClelland & Stewart |