Children Of God Go Bowling

The Story

We first met Shannon Olsonour semifictional heroinein the enormously popular Welcome to My Planet. Now, in Children of God Go Bowling, we find Shannon in her mid-thirties and still besieged by reminders that her life is anything but normal. As everyone around her blossoms in marital bliss and home ownership, Shannon embarks upon a feng shuiinspired campaign to make room for a future, from joining group therapy to accepting blind dates (hey, you never know). With encore performances by Flo (called one of the great moms of American fiction by Garrison Keillor), and other indelible characters from Olsons previous novel, this is another heartbreaking and hilarious read by a young author who is truly going places