There's a Word for That -

Sloane Tanen

Little, Brown and Company

2019

384 páginas

12h 48m

ISBN-13: 9780316437165

Meet the Kesslers: the patriarch Marty, retired film producer, "Sisyphus of marriage," late-in-life discoverer of illegal drugs; his daughter Janine, former child star and current not-so-functioning adult; and granddaughter Hailey, whose dreams of hitting the big time won't take no for an answer. Six thousand miles away in London, celebrated author Bunny Small, Marty's long-forgotten first wife, has her own problems: a "preposterous" case of writer's block, a monstrous drinking habit, and a son who has fled halfway around the world to escape her.

When Marty's pill-popping gets out of hand, Bunny's drinking reaches crisis proportion, and Janine realizes New York is as done with her as she is with it, they all meet in the hallowed halls of Directions, Malibu's most exclusive rehab center.

But for all their failings, these two estranged--and strange--families love each other, and we can't help but love them. With warmth, humor, and deep insight, THERE'S A WORD FOR THAT is a comic ode to surviving the people closest to us, navigating the perils of success, and taking one last look in the rearview mirror before mapping out the road ahead.