Which, in Mim’s mind, all add up to a life filled to the brim with nothing but topics of substance and despair. Her step-mother is overbearing (and pregnant). Her name is Mary Iris Malone, and she is not okay. Filled to the brim with “topics of substance and despair.” The thing is, I’m incapable of fluff, so here goes. Dad agrees but says I should avoid “topics of substance and despair.” When I asked how he proposes I do this, seeing as our family is prone to substantial desperation, he rolled his eyes and flared his nostrils, like he does. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.Īs a member of the family, you have a right to know what’s going on. So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland.
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