"Perfect is boring."
Well, 1983 certainly wasn't boring for the Welch family. Somehow,
between their handsome father's mysterious death, their glamorous
soap-opera-star mother's cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers
intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed
to handle each new heartbreaking misfortune in the same way they
dealt with the unexpected arrival of the forgotten-about Chilean
exchange student-together.
All that changed with the death of their mother. While
nineteen-year-old Amanda was legally on her own, the three younger
siblings-Liz, sixteen; Dan, fourteen; and Diana, eight-were each
dispatched to a different set of family friends. Quick-witted and
sharp-tongued, Amanda headed for college in New York City and
immersed herself in an '80s world of alternative music and drugs.
Liz, living with the couple for whom she babysat, followed in
Amanda's footsteps until high school graduation when she took a job
in Norway as a nanny. Mischievous, rebellious Dan, bounced from
guardian to boarding school and back again, getting deeper into
trouble and drugs. And Diana, the red-haired baby of the family,
was given a new life and identity and told to forget her past. But
Diana's siblings refused to forget her-or let her go.
Told in the alternating voices of the four siblings, their
poignant, harrowing story of un-breakable bonds unfolds with
ferocious emotion. Despite the Welch children's wrenching loss and
subsequent separation, they retained the resilience and humor that
both their mother and father endowed them with-growing up as lost
souls, taking disastrous turns along the way, but eventually coming
out right side up. The kids are not only all right; they're back
together.
"From the Hardcover edition."
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(3)
