Then Again

Elyse Friedman

ISBN 10: 0679309985 / ISBN 13: 9780679309987

Published by Random House Canada Ltd. Toronto, 1999

About this Item

First edition first printing of a fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket, featuring Michelle Schafer, her sister Maria and brother Joel, in a blackly comic history of their family, and the surprise purpose of their gathering. Finalist for the 1999 Trillium Award. This copy is signed by the author on the half title page and again on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 579

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Then Again
• Publisher: Random House Canada Ltd. Toronto
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679309985
• ISBN 13: 9780679309987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

A bitingly comic novel about twisted sibling relationships, selective memory and the persistance of love.

When Michelle Schafer receives an invitation to "A Blast From The Past" party to be held in the suburban home in which she and her siblings were raised (a house that was sold after her parents' death close to twenty years ago) she wonders if her brother Joel, an obscenely wealthy Hollywood screenwriter, has finally crossed the line from amusingly eccentric to disturbingly weird.

With a great deal of trepidation, Michelle -- an agoraphobic who suffers from panic attacks -- leaves the safety of her Winnipeg apartment and journeys to Toronto to attend the event with her sister Marla. They discover that the old family home has been meticulously restored to look exactly as it had in the 1970s, and that Joel has hired two look-alike actors to play their parents at this peculiar reunion.

Moving back and forth in time, seamlessly weaving together fragments of the past and the present, Then Again unlocks the keys to the blackly  comic history of the Schafer family -- with some surprising results.

About the Author

Elyse Friedman has written for radio, television, magazines and the stage. Her short stories and poems have been published in literary journals across the country. Elyse is a graduate of the Writers' Lab/Professional Screenwriting Program at The Canadian Film Centre and she has penned several   feature-length screenplays. She was born and raised in Toronto, where she currently resides. Then Again is her first novel.