The Condition tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer. The year is 1976, and the family has embarked on their annual vacation to Cape Cod. One day, Frank is struck by his thirteen-year-old daughter, Gwen, standing a full head shorter than her younger cousin. At that moment he knows something is terribly wrong with his only daughter.
Twenty years after Gwen's diagnosis with Turner's Syndrome—a genetic condition that traps her forever in the body of a child—all five family members are still dealing with the fallout. Frank and Paulette are acrimoniously divorced. Billy is dutiful but distant. His brother, Scott, awakens from a pot-addled adolescence to a soul-killing job and a regrettable marriage. And Gwen is silent and emotionally aloof, until she falls in love for the first time. And suddenly, once again, the family's world is tilted on its axis.
Compassionate yet unflinchingly honest, witty and almost painfully astute, The Condition explores the power of family mythologies.
© 2008 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780061724787
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 juli 2008
The Condition tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer. The year is 1976, and the family has embarked on their annual vacation to Cape Cod. One day, Frank is struck by his thirteen-year-old daughter, Gwen, standing a full head shorter than her younger cousin. At that moment he knows something is terribly wrong with his only daughter.
Twenty years after Gwen's diagnosis with Turner's Syndrome—a genetic condition that traps her forever in the body of a child—all five family members are still dealing with the fallout. Frank and Paulette are acrimoniously divorced. Billy is dutiful but distant. His brother, Scott, awakens from a pot-addled adolescence to a soul-killing job and a regrettable marriage. And Gwen is silent and emotionally aloof, until she falls in love for the first time. And suddenly, once again, the family's world is tilted on its axis.
Compassionate yet unflinchingly honest, witty and almost painfully astute, The Condition explores the power of family mythologies.
© 2008 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780061724787
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 juli 2008
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Agneta @bibbloagneta
13 okt. 2022
Jennifer Haigh! Jag har tidigare läst "Mrs Kimble" (rekommenderas) så mina förväntningar var höga inför denna. Jag blev inte besviken. Vi får höra berättelsen om familjen McKotch, Frank, Paulette och deras tre barn Billy, Scott och Gwen. Boken börjar 1976 när Frank börjar ana oråd. Han ser sitt mellanbarn Gwen på stranden i Cape Cod tillsammans med sin jämnåriga, betydligt längre kusin. Paulette skyller sedan skilsmässan på Gwens diagnos - en ovanlig medfödd sjukdom, Turners - men det är långt ifrån hela sanningen. Det här är en mycket bra familjehistoria, fantastiskt uppläst av Jennifer Van Dyck. Tack Storytel och Harper Audio för ännu en givande läsupplevelse. @bibbloagneta
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