Saturday, November 13, 2021

Five books featuring dysfunctional families

Patricia Dunn is the author of young adult novel Rebels By Accident (2014). This Italian American, Bronx-raised rebel has traveled the world. These days, she can be found on her living room couch working on her next novel or meeting with aspiring and established writers.

Dunn's new novel, Last Stop on the 6, is her first novel for adults.

At Lit Hub she tagged five favorite books that feature dysfunctional families, including:
Barbara Solomon Josselsohn, The Last Dreamer

In this charming whirlwind novel, Iliana decides to return to her previous career as a journalist after years of being a stay-at-home mom. She isn’t welcomed back with open arms, and she hits the proverbial rock bottom. After the kids and husband go to bed, she turns on the TV to a rerun of a show that kept her company and gave her joy during her rocky adolescence. Iliana tracks down the show’s former star, her first crush. When he wrongly assumes she’s a journalist for the New York Times, she doesn’t correct him. The secrets that eventually jeopardize her marriage, and the fabric of her family, begin to unravel.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue