Little monsters : a novel
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Blanchester Library - Fiction | FIC BRODEUR | Available |
Community Library (Sunbury) - Fiction | FIC Bro | Available |
Galion Library - Adult Fiction | FIC BROD | Available |
Wilmington Main Library - Adult Fiction | F Brodeur | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adult children -- Fiction.
Birthdays -- Fiction.
Cape Cod Bay (Mass.) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Oceanographers -- Fiction.
People with bipolar disorder -- Fiction.
Psychic trauma -- Fiction.
Sibling rivalry -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Birthdays -- Fiction.
Cape Cod Bay (Mass.) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Oceanographers -- Fiction.
People with bipolar disorder -- Fiction.
Psychic trauma -- Fiction.
Sibling rivalry -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
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Book
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304 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Ken and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where the attachment between Ken and Abby deepened into something complicated--and as adults their relationship is strained. Now, years later, the siblings' lives are still deeply entwined. Ken is a successful businessman with political ambitions and a picture-perfect family and Abby is a talented visual artist who depends on her brother's goodwill, in part because he owns the studio where she lives and works. As the novel opens, Adam is approaching his seventieth birthday, staring down his mortality and fading relevance. He has always managed his bipolar disorder with medication, but he's determined to make one last scientific breakthrough and so he has secretly stopped taking his pills, which he knows will infuriate his children. Meanwhile, Abby and Ken are both harboring secrets of their own, and there is a new person on the periphery of the family--Steph, who doesn't make her connection known. As Adam grows more attuned to the frequencies of the deep sea and less so to the people around him, Ken and Abby each plan the elaborate gifts they will present to their father on his birthday, jostling for primacy in this small family unit.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brodeur, A. (2023). Little monsters: a novel (First Avid Reader Press Hardcover edition June 2023.). Avid Reader Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brodeur, Adrienne. 2023. Little Monsters: A Novel. New York: Avid Reader Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brodeur, Adrienne. Little Monsters: A Novel New York: Avid Reader Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brodeur, Adrienne. Little Monsters: A Novel First Avid Reader Press Hardcover edition June 2023., Avid Reader Press, 2023.
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