Domestic Violets
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062065117 (0062065114)
ASIN: 62065114
Publish date: August 9th 2011
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 329
Edition language: English
One of the characters in Domestic Violets remarks that most first novels are autobiographical. Whether or not they’re autobiographical, it seems to me that a lot of first novels tend to be reminiscent of other people’s novels. That’s not meant to say that they can be derivative; it’s more likely due...
The Violet Family Puts the Fun in DysfunctionI'm happy my book club chose this domestic comedy--a funny and interesting read that kept me turning the pages. Tom Violet is a 35 year old married father of one who hates his stupid corporate job. However, he isn't quite ready to risk trying to publish t...
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Dear Matthew Norman, You’ve written a fantastic, entertaining book about a great character. The picture of you on the back is very attractive and I’ve had a great track record with men from Omaha. Why don’t you forget your wife and kids and come here to Philadelphia and be mine? I’m single and old e...
Tom Violet is having a bad day, well, actually a bad life. His sex life is down the drain, his famous father just won the Pulitzer Prize for a book he wrote years ago, he has a dead end job and HIS book will never be published. When his father shows up in his home (actually his father owns the hou...