Family Matters

by Shirley Jackson, Frank O'Connor, Diane Leslie, Etgar Keret, Grace Paley

Genres: Anthologies; Family Life

Synopsis

Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families... many depicted from a kid's-eye-view... are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the end. Join these very different families as they face the shrinking of parents, the preemptive guilt of First Confession, the secret worlds of children, and more!

Included are:

• Shirley Jackson's Charles
  Read by Lois Smith
  Laurie's parents are dying to meet the most misbehaved boy in school.
• Frank O'Connor's First Confession
  Read by Malachy McCourt
  A guilt-ridden Irish lad fears his first confession may be his last.
• Toure's Solomon's Big Day: A Children's Story
  Read by Daniel Alexander Jones
  A little boy named Solomon escapes into the magical world of his paintings.
• Grace Paley's The Loudest Voice
  Read by Linda Lavin
  This year's Christmas pageant stars a Jewish girl.
• Diane Leslie's A Life of Crime
  Read by Jill Eikenberry
  Love and passion, Hollywood style, from a girl's-eye-view.
• Etgar Keret's Pride and Joy
  Read by Robert Sean Leonard
  A young man struggles to save his shrinking parents.
• Rick Moody's Boys
  Read by B. D. Wong
  The world of boys.