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In the Family Way: An Urban Comedy
by Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0688170714
- ISBN 13
- 9780688170714
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New. New Ships From Canada New in new dust jacket Sewn binding Cloth over boards 352 p Audience: General/trade Book Description: Roy, a psychotherapist, and his first wife, Bea, a caterer, are the characters around which this hilarious and unpredictable novel revolves The other players include their four children, their assorted friends and lovers, as well as Roy's subsequent two wives, one of whom he steals from a patient Not to mention Bea's lover--the Russian migr superintendent--her lesbian artist sister, and her caustic mother, the landlady of the chaotic building Throughout the novel, Bea and Roy struggle to redefine the idea of family without giving up the fantasy of endless self-gratification Entanglements, betrayals, couplings, and uncouplings abound, as each person seeks love and happiness in the free-for-all '90s Beneath the wit and absurdity runs a wry social commentary on who we are in an age when the rigid old values are gone and the new ones have not quite meshed Told
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- Bookseller
- Pine Tree Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9303561933
- Title
- In the Family Way: An Urban Comedy
- Author
- Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688170714
- ISBN 13
- 9780688170714
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1999
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