All Families Are Psychotic

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• All Families Are Psychotic

  by Douglas Coupland With All Families Are Psychotic author Douglas Coupland has completed a seven-novel mission: he’s finally moved his characters out of the rumpus room. Rumpus rooms have always figured prominently in Coupland’s universe of protract ... (read full critics)

  quillandquire published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

• All Families are Psychotic

  Janet Drummond is central to this strangely- functioning family. Her marriage with Ted is emphatically over (probably.) The world of post-war domesticity and child-rearing is absolutely behind her (but they never actually seem to need her any less.) ... (read full critics)

  bookgroup published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  Nice book with a great title, my second Douglas Coupland.

  I appreciate Coupland's ability to portray the lives of these middle-aged or older mums, and how they must feel after their children are gone and grown up, how their lives and their perspective change, how difficult it must be to adjust, es ... (continue)

  Nice book with a great title, my second Douglas Coupland.

  I appreciate Coupland's ability to portray the lives of these middle-aged or older mums, and how they must feel after their children are gone and grown up, how their lives and their perspective change, how difficult it must be to adjust, especially for a generation of women who were taught to put family before all else. He does this with great sensitivity. It's thought provoking, and it might make you want to call your own mother to tell her you love her.

  In this book, specifically, he also manages to tell a funny, bittersweet story, populated by characters that aren't so realistic, maybe, but who definitely balance the more introspective parts of the novel by offering you a good laugh and insightful observations of our society.

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• English Books
• Paperback 288 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0007117531
• ISBN-13: 9780007117536
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Pub date: Jul 01, 2002
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, llibres en català, Libri Italiani, Svenska böcker

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