7 rows · · A Good Family is a crowd-pleasing, affecting, and compassionately written novel filled with a ISBN 11 rows · The wonderfully expressive style of talented author Erik Fassnacht reveals them as they confront /5(49). 'A Good Family' is a debut novel by a first-time author that feels like it was written by a seasoned veteran. The story follows the Brunson family across real-life settings throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs and paints a picture so realistic that you realize this /5(49).
A dramatic, ambitious first novel of a Midwestern family's self-destruction and repair. Meet the Brunsons of Downers Grove, Illinois: Henry, the once-magical father, whose fear of aging and endangered career lead him to the nightclubs of Chicago's Viagra Triangle; his wife Julie, who struggles to reclaim her life with a bottle of Zoloft and dreams of her youthful independence; Charlie, the. In the end, each one will arrive at a new understanding of what family can—and cannot—be. Unusually assured and perceptive, combining narrative drive with humor, insight, and powerful family dynamics, A Good Family is a memorable debut by former high school teacher Erik Fassnacht. Erik Fassnacht was born and raised in Chicago. He attended college at the University of Iowa before becoming a high school English and creative writing teacher. Spurred by a lifelong desire to write, he left teaching to get his MFA at Columbia College, where he wrote his debut novel, A Good Family.
Unusually assured and perceptive, combining narrative drive with humor, insight, and powerful family dynamics, A Good Family is a memorable debut by former high school teacher Erik Fassnacht. Membership Advantages. A Good Family, by Erik Fassnacht, is a story about the endearing, but darkly funny (and seriously dysfunctional) Brunson Family. Each chapter is told from the perspective of one of the four family members. 'A Good Family' is a debut novel by a first-time author that feels like it was written by a seasoned veteran. The story follows the Brunson family across real-life settings throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs and paints a picture so realistic that you realize this could be the family next door in your own subdivision.
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