Domestic Violets: A Novel

· Sold by Harper Collins
4.2
53 reviews
Ebook
352
Pages
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About this ebook

“Hystericaland often touching. . . . Domestic Violets is a fast, fun, hilariousread." —Jessica Anya Blau, critically-acclaimed author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and DrinkingCloser to Home

Inthe tradition of Jonathan Tropper and Tom Perrotta comes Matthew Norman's Domestic Violets—adarkly comic family drama about one man’s improbable trials of love, loss, andambition; of attraction, impotence, and infidelity; and of mid-life malaise,poorly-planned revenge, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Ratings and reviews

4.2
53 reviews
Simi F.
January 11, 2020
nothing funny about his writing confused where Joe public and dumb reviewers thi k his books are humorous. that hideous trainwreck were all damaged made my brain try to strangle me. obnoxious dumb lead character having a toddlers tantrum the whole book in fact only sont characters are the grandpa dying and the toddler. ijiot not funny untalented
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Edson Brock
January 28, 2013
I hated to reach the end. It's so hard to find really well written, funny, tear jerking fiction.
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Barbara Moorman
February 4, 2013
I really enjoyed this book more than I expected.
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About the author

Matthew Norman is an advertising copywriter. He lives with his wife and daughter in Baltimore. Domestic Violets is his first novel.

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