Synopsis
"What if I never find anyone? I may as well go out and buy a bunch of cats and start wearing macrame ponchos" Shannon is 30 and single. When her relationship falters she moves home to save money (her career isn't too stable either). Once home sheis reluctantly drawn into the sometimes infuriating realm of her mother, Flo, and it takes her two years of therapy to work up the energy to go back out into the world. Life for Shannon takes on the complexities of Flo's life - from her insistenceon reheating the most ancient of leftovers to maintaining her midlife crisis - as mother and daughter struggle to redefine their own boundaries.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Life just isn't The Love Boat for nearly-thirty Shannon, the tongue-in-cheek heroine of Welcome to My Planet. Credit cards don't pay themselves, no obvious mate has appeared with her name pinned to his collar, and a job doing new-product research for a fledgling software company doesn't quite make ends meet in the meaning-of-life department. Then there's the loser boyfriend, another boyfriend, her therapist, and unforgettably, Shannon's mom, Flo, with her unrecognizable leftover casseroles and quirky advice for her daughter. In a fit of debt and with a bruised heart, Shannon moves back home to witness the day-to-day tremors of her parents' own marriage. This is a dark-and-light tale-freshly witty and poignant-told by a young woman with a universal touch.
Revue de presse
Olson's tongue-in-cheek humor makes Planet as quirky and clever as its main character. —People
A funny, feeling novel...you'll find Olson's coming-of-age chronicle winning and uniquely real. —Glamour
Witty, warm and delightfully topical. —Chicago Tribune
One of the best mother-daughter acts of all time. I stopped reading it only to laugh my head off, quote passages to my friends, and to make it last. —Melissa Bank, author of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
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