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Children of God Go Bowling: A Novel
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Children of God Go Bowling: A Novel Hardcover - 2004

by Olson, Shannon

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  • Hardcover

We first met Shannon Olson our semifictional heroine in Welcome to My Planet. Now, in Children of God Go Bowling, we find Shannon in her mid-thirties and still besieged by reminders that her life is anything but normal. Her friends are blossoming in marital bliss, everyone seems to own a home, and even her baby sister is having a baby. Why, in the march to adulthood, has she been left behind?

In an effort to be proactive, Shannon embarks upon a feng shui-inspired campaign to make room in her life for a future or at least the hope of one. She joins group therapy (to meet new people), accepts blind dates (hey, you never know), and even gives organized religion a go (with mixed results). Of course, surprises await her in the struggle against anxiety and from some unlikely sources.

With encore performances by Shannon's mother, Flo (called 'one of the great moms of American fiction' by Garrison Keillor), and other indelible characters from Welcome to My Planet, Children of God Go Bowling is the heroic, heartbreaking, hilarious story of a woman making her life happen when it didn't quite happen for her.

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Viking Adult, 2/2/2004 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Good. 1.0709 in x 8.7205 in x 6.2205 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
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Details

  • Title Children of God Go Bowling: A Novel
  • Author Olson, Shannon
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 292
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking Adult, New York
  • Date 2/2/2004 12:00:01 AM
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000872003
  • ISBN 9780670032815 / 0670032816
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.68 x 5.82 x 1.03 in (22.05 x 14.78 x 2.62 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003052545
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Media reviews

"Poignant, beguiling, and relentlessly funny, this is a lovely and eminently readable novel." (Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon and recipient of the 2001 National Book Award)