![]() ![]() She gets the bright idea that she should do something rebellious and possibly a little silly, like - well, like falling in love with the school hunk. ![]() Lily also wishes that, for once, she could be something other than the sensible one in the family, that she could enjoy talking about boys and clothes and could like reading such girl magazines as Bestie. ![]() The family home is so shabby her grandfather keeps making tasteless jokes about how they'd be better off burning it down and getting the home insurance money. Her grandmother has an imaginary companion and her grandfather, whom she sees as an old racist, has chased her brother Lonnie away with an ax because he simply can't stick to any university course for long. Her mother, a qualified psychologist, works at an underpaid job in a day care facility for senior citizens and, softie that she is, keeps bringing home "lame ducks" for respite care when their families want time off. ![]() Her father - called a "shifty hippy bugger" by her grandfather - ran off to live in the United States before she was even born. So far, they haven't had much luck every family occasion ends with arguments. The title is based on the heroine's wish for just one perfect day for her family to spend together, on her grandfather's 80th birthday. Review | One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke ![]()
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