Brooks Sigler lives with her husband, fish, and 2.5 cats in a quaint, New England town. She also has a turtle, who she thinks may be slightly off his shell. When not teaching English at her favorite charter school, the author likes to bombard her bosses, coworkers, family, and friends with a flurry of questions that no one can answer. Sigler made a New Year's resolution in 2008 to complete a book. Here it is. Her other resolution, to produce progeny, has not come to fruition, yet.

Lila O'Farrell barely has a voice of her own in her large, extended Irish Catholic family. Mother Lynette is a force of nature, something between a flash flood and a frightening televangelist. Lou, her father, is a Peeping Tom; her sister is just oblivious. Lila's scores of cousins and aunts are exhausting. She tries humor, subversion, and even a British accent. Her kleptomania is the only thing which gives her comfort. Lila takes jewelry, tongue depressors, a friend's brassiere. Breaking the law and casting aside social mores is nothing, though, compared to challenging Lynette Nolan O'Farrell's authority. Lila's not sure she can grow up and move on if Lynette doesn't give her permission.

"Brooks Sigler's deliciously irreverent and deadpan voice makes this unabashedly quirky coming-of-age tale a most singularly irresistible read."
Steve Kluger,
author of Last Days of Summer

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