April Rising - Softcover

Lemaitre, Corene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786708727 ISBN 13: 9780786708727

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub, 2001

Synopsis

Twentysomething Ellen Kaplan returns home after a two year jaunt in Europe to find the her family has been bewitched by the rather dTclassT April--who has seemingly convinced Ellen's brother to abandon his doctoral studies at Berkeley and turned the Kaplans into Ward and June Cleaver. Reprint.

About this title

Review:

Lurking beneath the veneer of wisecracking cynicism is a second narrative, where privilege is juxtaposed with poverty, cruelty with redemption. The result is extremely entertaining, funny and at times quite touching. There's a crazed energy that occasionally tips into pure surrealism -- The Observer, 18 April 1999

From the Author:

I wrote this book for everyone who enjoys black comedies about family life. My only hope is that it will be made into a film by Miramax, starring Christina Ricci and directed by David O. Russell. Readers can contact me via www.icdc.com/~corene

About this edition

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0786708727
• ISBN 13: 9780786708727
• Binding: Paperback