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    Families and Other Nonreturnable Gifts

    Written by Claire LaZebnik

    Narrated by Tessa Auberjonois

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateJun 11, 2013
    ISBN9781478924180
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    Families and Other Nonreturnable Gifts
    Author

    Claire LaZebnik

    Claire LaZebnik is the author of ten published novels and, with Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel, two works of nonfiction about autism (Overcoming Autism and Growing Up on the Spectrum). She wrote a Modern Love column for the New York Times about having an adolescent son with autism entering the dating scene. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, including Vogue, the Wall Street Journal, and Redbook.

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      I always enjoy Claire LaZebnik's book, and this was no exception. It's about Keats, the "ordinary" member of a family full of geniuses, and the changes that take place in her life when her mother files for divorce and puts the family house up for sale.