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The Sleeping Father
The Sleeping Father
Author: Matthew Sharpe
A divorced dad of two teenagers inadvertently combines two incompatible antidepressant medications, goes into a coma, has a stroke, and emerges with brain damage. His teenage son and daughter, Chris and Cathy, inherit some money and decide to rehabilitate their father on their own. The Sleeping Father is about the shift in the way Americans thin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780340837788
ISBN-10: 0340837780
Publication Date: 4/11/2005
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Publisher: Hodder Stoughton
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Very funny, yet touching.
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A hapless, divorced father of two teenagers slips into a drug-induced coma. This story relates his subsequent rehab as well as the lives of his children and the orbit of people who surround them. Noone in this novel is very likeable, but you still manage to care about them.
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