The Disappointment
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Book Overview Set during a doom-fated vacation to the Oregon coast, The Disappointment follows a couple trying to hold close to one another while a ben...
It's the night before a much-needed vacation, and Jack--a former playwright mourning his failed career--catches his husband, Randy, packing his mother's urn. They had agreed: no mother on this trip. Parents, living or otherwise, aren't the ideal guests for romantic getaways. But Randy has been carrying his mother's remains everywhere since her death, and he isn't ready to let go now.
Despite its natural beauty and kitschy charm, the Oregon coast does not provide the respite the couple seeks. Instead, their surroundings and encounters with locals grow increasingly surreal as the days pass. An overly -dedicated Method actor, tantra-obsessed neighbors, and a child environmentalist who may be able to communicate with the dead are but a few of the characters whose presence exposes long-simmering tensions that threaten to undo Jack and Randy's marriage--to say nothing of their hold on reality.
Told with sly, irreverent humor, and shot through with dark currents of envy and longing for something other than what one has, The Disappointment explores the mutual exhilaration and terror of being placed center stage in one''s own life.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 320 | Language: English | Publisher: CATAPULT | ISBN: 1646222857
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