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 Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles what becomes her last will and testament on a school binder shortly before a rampaging trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. Overrun with paranoia, teenage angst, and religious zeal in the massacre's wake, this sleepy suburban neighborhood declares its saints, brands its demons, and moves on.

But, for a handful of people still reeling from that horrific day, life remains permanently derailed. Four dramatically different characters tell their stories: Cheryl, who calmly narrates her own death; Jason, the boy no one knew was her husband, still marooned ten years later by his loss; Heather, the woman trying to love the shattered Jason; and Jason's father, Reg, whose rigid religiosity has separated him from nearly everyone he loves.

©2003 Douglas Coupland; (P)2003 HighBridge Company Dark Humour Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Fiction Comedy

Critic Reviews

"[Coupland]'s best novel to date." (LA Weekly)
"It's an extraordinarily well-written novel with characters you know you shouldn't be liking but do. So real." (Whoopi Goldberg)

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Tears and laughter oh my gosh. Great to pass time, well narrated and particularly dark, but true. From the eyes of variously well spoken, yet different people. Don’t quite understand the ending, although this got me through Reno work so may have missed the kicker. Full of twists and turns

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