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Written in a style I dig. A realistic, poignant viewpoint of a textbook dysfunctional family. All of us have been or have known people like the Troutmans, which is what makes it a great read, if a hair frustrating.
The Flying Troutmans: A Novel
Miriam Toews
Miriam Toews
Meet the Troutmans. Hattie’s boyfriend has just dumped her, her sister Min’s back in the psych ward, and Min’s kids, Logan and Thebes, are not talking and talking way too much, respectively. Then there’s the past, in which Min tried to kill Hattie once and to kill herself a lot, in which Min threw the kids’ father out of the house, in which Hattie dropped out of school, in which Logan and his friends kidnapped a friend and drove around town with him in the trunk, and in which Thebes frequently ... read more
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