{"product_id":"9780679311836","title":"All Families are Psychotic","description":"Psychosis: \u003ci\u003eany form of severe mental disorder in which the individual’s contact with  reality becomes highly distorted\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e65-year-old Janet  Drummond checks the clock in her cheap motel room near Cape Canaveral, takes her  prescription pills and does a rapid tally of the whereabouts of her three children:  Wade, the eldest, in and out of jail and still radiating \"the glint”; suicidal Bryan,  whose girlfriend, the vowel-free Shw, is pregnant; and Sarah, the family’s shining  light, an astronaut preparing to be launched into space as the star of a shuttle  mission. They will all arrive in Orlando—along with Janet’s ex-husband Ted  and his new trophy wife—setting the stage for the most disastrous family reunion  in the history of fiction. Florida may never recover from their version of fun in  the sun. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdultery,  hostage-taking, a letter purloined from Princess Diana’s coffin, heart attacks at  Disney World, bankruptcy, addiction and black-market negotiations—Coupland piles  on one deft, comic plot twist after another, leaving you reaching for your seat belt.  When the crash comes, it is surprisingly sweet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom lauded writer, visual artist and designer Douglas Coupland, \u003ci\u003eAll Families are Psychotic\u003c\/i\u003e is sizzling and sharp-witted entertainment that resounds with eternal human yearnings.","brand":"Douglas Coupland (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":42403896852640,"sku":"9780679311836","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade size (alternate cover)","offer_id":46272807141536,"sku":"9781582342153","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/products\/BNCImageAPI_64e655db-1af3-42f9-a6e2-c7bc489f9f36.jpg?v=1660077163","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780679311836","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}