Homecoming - Softcover

Gussoff, Caren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852424583 ISBN 13: 9781852424589

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2001

Synopsis

When Katey Bruscke learns that her older sister Reese has been murdered, she goes back ?home? to confront her past and break the news to her family, and friends. First thing off the bus she?s mugged at gunpoint by a guy who turns out to be someone she went to high school with. She sleeps with her younger sister?s boyfriend then, finally, identifies her sister?s bullet-ridden body in the morgue. Slowly Katey prepares to confront her parents with the news of Reese?s murder. Caren Gussoff offers a disturbing glimpse of the other side of the American Dream and a brilliant portrayal of the pain at the heart of family life.

About this title

About the Author

Caren Gussoff grew up in New York, and has an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After stints as an apple cider press operator, phone sex actress, university instructor, and social worker to support her kickboxing and tattoo habits, she now organises online support groups for the chronically ill. She lives in Seattle with her pet rat and her ex-boyfriend's ex-mistress.

Edition details

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852424583
• ISBN 13: 9781852424589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160