Families and Other Nonreturnable Gifts - Large Print by Claire LaZebnik (Paperback)

About the Book

Despite her name, Keats Sedlak is the sanest person in her large, nutty family of brilliant eccentrics. After her mother makes a surprise announcement, the entire family is sent into a tailspin. Keats must reevaluate everything she's ever assumed about herself and her familyNand make the biggest decision of her life.

Book Synopsis

A charmingly hilarious and deeply insightful novel about the importance and impossibility of making peace with our family.

Despite her name, Keats Sedlak is the sanest person in her large, nutty family of brilliant eccentrics. Her parents, both brainy academics, are barely capable of looking after themselves, let alone anyone else, and her two uber-intelligent siblings live on their own planets.

At least she can count on one person in her life, her devoted boyfriend Tom. Down-to-earth and loving, he's the one thing that's kept Keats grounded for the last decade. But when Keats's mother makes a surprise announcement, the entire family is sent into a tailspin. For the first time, Keats can't pick up the pieces by herself. Now she must reevaluate everything she's ever assumed about herself and her family--and make the biggest decision of her life.

About the Author

Claire LaZebnik lives in Los Angeles with her TV writer husband and four children. She is the author of the novels Knitting Under the Influence, The Smart One and the Pretty One, and If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now.