Description

A moving and humorous debut novel that uses four decades of the primarily strange National household, all living under one roof, as each participant affects a minute of crisis in a story told via a distinctively captivating, cool, and memorable style. Recommended short-story author Elizabeth Crane, well-known to public radio listeners for her regular and fascinating efforts to WBEZ Chicago’s Writer’s Stop Occasion, provides an elegant, touching, and often hilarious first novel, ideal for lovers of Jessica Anya Blau’s Summer Time of Bare Swimming Events and Louise O’Neill’s Lullabies for Small Criminals.“Crane includes an unique and odd style that's constant and riveting.” —New York Times Book Review