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A Novel
Picador
September 2002
On Sale: August 27, 2002
576 pages
ISBN: 0312421273
EAN: 9780312421274
Paperback (reprint)
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After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert
is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband,
Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and
their children have long since flown the family nest to the
catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a
once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to
convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the
contrary, that he is not clinically depressed. The middle
child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and
is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And
Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only
to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair
with a married man-or so her mother fears. Desperate for
some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on
an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last
Christmas at home.
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