Divorcing Daddy

by Susan Trott

"I live a life of deceit," Rome Morrison begins her story. She has dropped out of college and run away to San Francisco to be a writer and has been cut off without a penny by her adored father. That's all right. She's off for a life of artistic freedom. But she's never worked before (certainly not for a morbid playwright), or loved (certainly not two men at once--brothers!) or shared responsibilities as a roomate ("If you can't pay the rent, at least clean up the place,") or taken care of a troubled child, all while trying to prevent a murder. Under such wild and passionate circumsances,it's hard to get much writing done--and learn to live in the truh. But Rome tries. And fails. And transcends.DIvorcing Daddy, an absorbing mystery of love,lust, betrayal,hilarity,and pain, will give fans of Susan Trott new cause for celebration while attracting a new band of readers to her unpredictable, joyous, and lyrical novel. Divorcing Daddy will reverberate in the hearts of everyone who has been a father or a daughter and for everyone else it will just be a novel they won't forget."Susan Trott once again demonstrates her remarkable skill at exposing her characters quirks, deceits, and illusions with an upredictable wit that immediately engages and continually surprises the reader right up to the last page. Trott is a master at revealing madness in the mundane as well as lucidity in the lunacy of our livees. This skill, combined with a keen yet sensitive eye for human self-deception, makes for a fun, refreshing and ultimately enlightening read." Mary Queen, Blomsbury Review"Susan Trott not only has written eight novels,she has written them in such an individual style that she is prectically a genre unto herself." Donna Levin, San Francisco Chronicle"Trott indulges in the very pratfalls, flukes of fate, and general playfulness that most novelists avoid, making this prime cult-audience mateial." Kirkus Reviews 12/1/91"Entanglements evolve as Trott fast-forwards through lelicious plors and words of love, sex, murder,and madness." Cynthia Ogorek. American Library Association Book List

242 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 1992

Reviews

[Lorry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it when it was first published. Really, really liked her all of her books I read back then. They're hard to find though.