The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom & Party Girl

by Schuster, Marc

• ISBN13: 9780979335020
• ISBN10: 0979335027
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: PS Books

Summary

Audrey Corcoran never dreamed she'd try cocaine, but a year after a bitter divorce, she meets a man named Owen Little who convinces her that a little buzz might be exactly what she needs to lift her spirits. And why not? He's already turned her on to jazz, and no one in his circle of friends ever thinks twice about getting high. Soon, however, her escalating drug use puts a strain on Audrey's relationship with her daughters, and she begins to sell cocaine from her home in order to subsidize her habit. At turns horrifying and hilarious, The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl offers a scathing indictment of American consumer culture and the wildly conflicting demands it makes upon women.

Author Biography

Marc Schuster is the co-author of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (McFarland 2007) and the author of Don DeLillo, Jean Baudrillard and the Consumer Conundrum (Cambria 2008). His work has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals ranging from Weird Tales to Reader's Digest. His essay, ôEveryone Knows Kurt Vonnegut but Meö was nominated by the editors of Philadelphia Stories for a Pushcart Prize in 2007. The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom and Party Girl is his first novel.