From Leacock finalist Ali Bryan, a witty and immensely fun dramedy about a family's memorial trip to the City of Love, where chaos ensues at every turn.
It's been ten years since Claudia's mother died after a tragic collision with a banana boat. Her kids are now teenagers, her brother's wife has left him, and her ex has had a spiritual awakening that has him hinting at reconciliation -- all things she can handle.
But when her septuagenarian father decides to remarry after a brief courtship with a woman who is decidedly different than their mother, the entire family is thrown off course, and plans a long overdue memorial trip to the only place their mother ever dreamed of going: Paris. However, minutes after take-off, the trip takes an unpredictable turn and sets off a chain of events that threatens to derail the closure the family desperately seeks.
Chance meetings, poolside confessions, run-ins with mimes, climate protests, and a man with a death wish force Claudia to reconsider everything she thought she knew about love, both the familial and the romantic, the tragic and the sublime. How well do we really know those closest to us? And how well do we really know ourselves?
In this follow-up to her award-winning novel Roost, Ali Bryan explores thorny family dynamics with her trademark offbeat humour and insight. Coq is a darkly comedic contemporary family drama that explores grief, identity, and second chances in the one-and-only City of Love.
Authors
- Pages
- 288
- Published in
- Calgary, CA
- Rights
- Ali Bryan
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 5
- Dedication 7
- Chapter 1 9
- Chapter 2 15
- Chapter 3 20
- Chapter 4 25
- Chapter 5 32
- Chapter 6 40
- Chapter 7 45
- Chapter 8 51
- Chapter 9 57
- Chapter 10 63
- Chapter 11 68
- Chapter 12 75
- Chapter 13 80
- Chapter 14 84
- Chapter 15 92
- Chapter 16 98
- Chapter 17 103
- Chapter 18 110
- Chapter 19 121
- Chapter 20 127
- Chapter 21 131
- Chapter 22 136
- Chapter 23 141
- Chapter 24 148
- Chapter 25 155
- Chapter 26 164
- Chapter 27 170
- Chapter 28 177
- Chapter 29 182
- Chapter 30 187
- Chapter 31 193
- Chapter 32 201
- Chapter 33 206
- Chapter 34 214
- Chapter 35 220
- Chapter 36 225
- Chapter 37 229
- Chapter 38 234
- Chapter 39 241
- Chapter 40 247
- Chapter 41 252
- Chapter 42 259
- Chapter 43 265
- Chapter 44 270
- Chapter 45 273
- Chapter 46 280
- Chapter 47 283
- Acknowledgements 288
- About the Author 290