As with many suburban neighborhoods filled with seemingly boring regular families, there is often more going on behind the scenes. Anders is married to his college sweetheart and has two sons but he is deciding this isn't what he wants. When his second son finally graduates from college, he tells his wife he wants a divorce. His timing is a bit bad, she has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. The story picks up after her recovery when they are split. Anders doesn't really know what to do...all of their friends were her friends. He never really liked them anyway yet he finds himself at a Christmas party of Mitchell and Sophie. Their youngest (Charlie) is outside smoking dope and Anders joins him before making a scene at the party. Charlie ends up in the hospital that night because the dope was laced with PCP and he took a variety of other drugs. Christmas can always be stressful but each of our main characters has some epiphany or situation that leads to some growth. Is this a coming of age novel? Sort of. I guess it doesn't really matter when you grow up...in your 60's 30's or teens. This book has all those ages covered.
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