num_pages: 176
description: Musical Chairs explores one familys history of mental health diagnoses and searches to define the cusp between a 90s working-class childhood and the trouble of adapting to a comfortable life in the suburbs. In order to understand her restlessness Jennifer reflects on years of strip-dancing alcoholism and estrangement. Inspired by the least likely source the family she left behind Jennifer struggles toward reconciliation. This is a story about identity class family ties and the elusive nature of mental illness.
language: English
title: Musical Chairs
publisher: ATTM Press