Not the Swiss Family Robinson
Fiona Cooper
‘Monica Robinson, raised in the `middle of nowhere’, discovers early on that the American Dream isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Even Pop, who likes the odd tipple, and Mom, whose blistering tongue rules the roost, ain’t her real parents. What’s more, they’re sure fixed on the notion that get herself a beau. Monica has other plans.
‘An afterschool job at Sam’s bar is the means to stash away a few dollars. Meanwhile, her desirable English teacher entices Monica with tales of scholarship and, apparently, much more. Consumed with yearning and terrified by the dismal prospect of smalltown life in What Cheer, Monica takes a plane east and to England…
‘Angst, unrequited love, and all the jostlings of adolescence converge in this humorous, sassy novel, written with Fiona Cooper’s characteristic verve. This is Not the Swiss Family Robinson: here are no shipwrecks, no islands, but a young lesbian in middle America can sure feel marooned sometimes.’
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Details
| ISBN | 185381220X |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publication Date | 27-Nov-92 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 160 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| BookID | 8996 |