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Author:

MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958- author.

Title:

Adult onset / Ann-Marie MacDonald.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Tin House Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

381 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Lesbian couples--Fiction.
Lesbian mothers--Fiction.
Lesbians--Family relationships--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

"Mary Rose MacKinnon is a successful author of YA fiction doing a tour of duty as stay-at-home mom while her partner, Hilary, takes a turn focusing on her career. She tries valiantly to balance the (mostly) solo parenting of two young children with the relentless needs of her aging parents. But amid the hilarities of full-on domesticity arises a sense of dread. Do others notice the dents in the expensive refrigerator? How long will it take Mary Rose to realize that the car alarm that has been going off all morning is hers, and how on earth did her sharpest pair of scissors wind up in her toddler's hands? As frustrations mount, she experiences a flare-up of forgotten symptoms of a childhood illness that compel her to rethink her own upbringing and family history. Over the course of one outwardly ordinary week, Mary Rose's world threatens to unravel, and the specter of violence raises its head with dangerous implications for her and her children. With humor and unerring emotional accuracy, Adult Onset explores the pleasures and pressures of family bonds, powerful and yet so easily twisted and broken. Ann-Marie MacDonald has crafted a searing, terrifying, yet ultimately uplifting story. "-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1941040055 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9781941040058 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)896126799

LCCN:

2014040243

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

NDPD953 -- Forest City Public Library (Forest City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

VBPC034 -- Postville Public Library (Postville)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)

SWPB522 -- Swisher Public Library (Swisher)