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Four children of dysfunctional parents, Amy, the baby, George, the good son, Kate, daddy's girl, and Finn, the drunk, try to make peace with their past, and with each other, as they struggle to attain adulthood after the death of their father.
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“[A] well-crafted and cunning debut novel…a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.”—Publishers WeeklyThe Summer We Fell Apart by newcomer Robin Antalek is a poignant, funny, and totally engrossing novel of family disasters and sibling rivalry—and it marks the debut of a pitch-perfect new voice in contemporary American fiction. Antalek’s tale of the trials and many tribulations of the hapless and more than a little dysfunctional Haas family recalls the work of Sue Miller and Ann Beattie—and is a wonderful introduction to a superb writer whose short fiction has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Glimmer Train’s Family Matter’s and Short-Story Award and the Bellingham Review’s Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction.
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