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What’s
a thirtysomething, single, small-town temp to
do to escape her dreadful life and her dysfunctional family? Our heroine, Zara, grabs a rucksack, jumps on a train going
to a slightly bigger town, and
falls into the arms of an intriguing young scientist
called Alan. He could well be the solution to
her problems — just so long as Zara’s cousin Julia’s love troubles
don’t get in the way.
The adventure spirit thus unleashed, Zara develops
a knack for attracting the most fascinating people,
among them a coterie of queer and transsexual
activists on a crusade against genetically modified
foodstuffs. Not such an eccentric rallying point,
as it turns out when the naughty goings-on at
the lab where Alan works are uncovered. These
ultimately lead to the creation of the Doomsday
Globe, a pretty little knickknack that contains
deadly bacteria in place of a snowstorm.
Up until this wonderful stage of her life, Zara
has never had so much control over so much chaos.
Life has never been so sweet as Zara and Alan
fall helplessly in love. But don’t get out
the sick-buckets yet: Zara’s suicidal mother
doesn’t want to miss out on the fun, and
Cousin Julia turns up on the doorstep pregnant
and in denial. And it’s all Zara’s
fault. Well, actually it isn’t, but she’s
just too darned kind and competent for everybody’s
good.
This is an eternal saga of human bondage made
possible almost entirely by wireless technology
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“This book will definitely leave you feeling brighter
than it found you. Ideal for a light holiday read
with hidden depths. I would also recommend it
for reading on long journeys, except that you
will have to lift your head out of it from time
to time to avoid missing your stop. When I read
it I nearly missed an important appointment because
I was so engrossed by adventures of the transvestite
tractor driver and the apparent popularity of
lasagne.” — Susan M. Phillips, Spiralthreads
Reviews
“[T]he
writing is very well-observed. And for all dithery
fun to be had in this book, there is also a poignant
sense of essentially lonely people trying to create
better lives for themselves.” —
Roseanne Rabinowitz,
LauraHird.com
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264 pp.
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