Adult onset
Subtitle: a novel
By: Ann-Marie MacDonald
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780345808288
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Motherhood; Fiction; Lesbian couples; Lesbians; Family relationships; Families; Authors
Description: Mary Rose MacKinnon--nicknamed MR or "Mister"--is a successful YA author who has made enough from her writing to semi-retire in her early 40s. She lives in a comfortable Toronto neighbourhood with her partner, Hilary, a busy theatre director, and their 2 young children, Matthew and Maggie, trying valiantly and often hilariously to balance her creative pursuits with domestic demands, and the various challenges that (mostly) solo parenting presents. As a child, Mary Rose suffered from an illness, long since cured and "filed separately" in her mind. But as her frustrations mount, she experiences a flare-up of forgotten symptoms which compel her to rethink her memories of her own childhood and her relationship with her parents. With her world threatening to unravel, the spectre of domestic violence raises its head with dangerous implications for her life and that of her own children.