Adult Onset - Tapa blanda

Ms. MacDonald strikes just the right tone as she exposes the brutal undercurrents of domestic life . . . [a] big, troubling and brave...novel.

An affecting, multilayered account of domestic ennui and the painful effects of long-held secrets on three generations.

A complex, troubling novel that cuts with surgical precision into the sinew and muscle of family life.

Riveting . . . MacDonald's strong narrative is a compelling examination of the loneliness and the often-absurd helplessness of being a parent of young children.

"Mary Rose MacKinnon is a successful author of YA fiction doing a tour of duty as stay-at-home mom while her partner, Hilary, takes a turn focusing on her career. She tries valiantly to balance the (mostly) solo parenting of two young children with the relentless needs of her aging parents. But amid the hilarities of full-on domesticity arises a sense of dread. Do others notice the dents in the expensive refrigerator? How long will it take Mary Rose to realize that the car alarm that has been going off all morning is hers, and how on earth did her sharpest pair of scissors wind up in her toddler's hands? As frustrations mount, she experiences a flare-up of forgotten symptoms of a childhood illness that compel her to rethink her own upbringing and familyhistory. Over the course of one outwardly ordinary week, Mary Rose's world threatens to unravel, and the specter of violence raises its head with dangerous implications for her and her children. With humor and unerring emotional accuracy, Adult Onset explores the pleasures and pressures of family bonds, powerful and yet so easily twisted and broken. Ann-Marie MacDonald has crafted a searing, terrifying, yet ultimately uplifting story. "--