Larger	Emotionally Weird Author: Kate Atkinson
	Book Information Publisher: Picador USA Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Rating: 7 ISBN-13: 9780312203245 - ISBN-10: 0312203241 Publication Date: 6/2000 Pages: 343 Book Reviews

On a weather-beaten island off the coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother, Nora, take refuge in the large, mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear-like who her real father was. Effie tells various versions of her life at college, where in fact she lives in a lethargic relationship with bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans.

But as mother and daughter spin their tales, strange things are happening around them. Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?

In a brilliant comic narrative which explores the nonsensical power of language and meaning, Kate Atkinson has created another magical masterpiece.