Girls around the house / M.A.C. Farrant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrant, M. A. C. (Marion Alice Coburn), 1947-

Language:

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

155 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Victoria, B.C. ; Chicago, Ill. : Polestar, [1999]

Summary:

M.A.C. Farrant is writing at the top of her form in Girls Around the House, a hilarious and poignant look at postmodern family life. Enter a rollicking household "in a smallish town on a largish island" where the narrator, Marion, is a reluctant Mother Hubbard to three wild teenagers with only one question in life: "Where's the party?" Reformed-hippie Marion juggles motherly duties, such as making "condom runs" to the local birth-control clinic on behalf of her wayward offspring, with more esoteric pursuits, like writing Haiku fiction. Meanwhile, she is wryly observed by her husband Gerry - who dreams of escape to a solitary shed in the woods - and a crusty bridge-playing mother-in-law who lives downstairs like a mischievous troll.

Here are dust-busting tales of domestic life from one of our wittiest, most observant and most original writers. Girls Around the House is a funny, earthy, fascinating look at a new - and unusual - generation of parents, grandparents and kids.

Contents:

Absence Makes 11

Skidney 25

Condom Run 38

The Princess, The Queen & The Withered King 47

Acting Out 56

Girls Around The House 67

Protest 80

Tic-Tac-Doe 93

Holistic Ball Of Wax 109

Panellist School 119

You're Young, You're Dumb And You're Wrong 135

Ritardando 146.

Notes:

Short stories.

ISBN:

1896095933 :

OCLC:

41661808