The French revolution
Subtitle: a novel
By: Matt Stewart.
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781593762834
Subjects: Dysfunctional families -- Fiction; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: "Esmerelda Van Twinkle, a failed pastry chef turned outsized copy shop manager, stumbles into motherhood after a semi-intentional liaison with good-natured coupon distributor Jasper Winslow. Born on Bastille Day, their twin children Robespierre and Marat revolt against archaic rules imposed by their autocratic grandmother, surmount radically misguided parenting, navigate factional infighting, and combat wars in the Middle East to achieve great personal gain. But just as the family is on the cusp of achieving meteoric success in politics, business, music, and gastronomy, fissures from the past crack open spectacularly, derailing their bid for long-lived power while cementing a reputation for the ages."--Page 4 of cover.