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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148649603321

Autore

Barone Tracy

Titolo

Happy family : a novel / / Tracy Barone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Boston ; ; London : , : Lee Boudreaux Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-316-34258-0

0-316-26847-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 pages)

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Parent and adult child

Adoptees

Domestic fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Welcome -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Preface -- Part I: The Baby -- Miriam -- Billy Beal -- Cici -- Lucky Charm -- Small, Heavy Things -- A Few Crises -- Three: The Loneliest Number -- Part II: Chicago, 2002, Somewhere in the Middle -- Eggs -- Merrily We Roll Around -- School's Out for Summer -- Body Shots -- Punch-Drunk Love -- 40bday 1.0 -- 40bday 2.0 -- Part III: Different People Die -- Family Portrait, Summer 1970 -- The Bad Seed -- On the Road Again -- Cherry Bomb -- Out, Damned Father -- The End of Thanksgiving -- Things I Hate About Her -- The Lamppost Survives -- Call Me Ishmael -- Michael -- Part IV: What's Left -- White Rabbit -- Lilacs -- Ashes Are Heavier Than You Think -- Sonny -- Your Own Backyard -- Truth Is -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Lee Boudreaux Books -- Newsletter -- Table of Contents -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

Cheri Matzner, a former cop-turned-disgruntled academic, tries to come to terms with her adoptive and biological families as she struggles to become pregnant herself.