![]() ''This book begins with the birth of its central figure, a tiny, white-haired, angelically beautiful child, who is thought to have cried, 'Oh no, not again!' at her first sight of the world, and is thereafter mute. Their parents by comparison seem quite normal, but then they have their own peculiar habits. Her sister Marcy is a nymphomaniac, while Sonja is enormous and knits compulsively. Little Joan is exquisite, reclusive and plays the piano like Mozart. The Canarys are quite unlike any other family. "She writes like an angel" Carol Shields. There is little Joan, tiny, mute, plays the piano like Mozart and lives in the closet Marcy the nymphomaniac Sonja, who is enormous and knits compulsively and their parents, who seem quite normal. ![]() Gowdy's second novel features the Canary family. ![]()
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