Penelope Lemon: Game On! (Yellow Shoe Fiction) - Hardcover

Majors, Inman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080716951X ISBN 13: 9780807169513

Publisher: LSU Press, 2018

Synopsis

Penelope Lemon is a recent divorcée, closet Metallica fan, and accidental subversive to all the expectations of suburban motherhood. After ending her marriage with James, a woodsy intellectual who favors silky kimonos too short for his knobby knees, Penelope finds herself, at forty, living with her randy mother in her childhood home. Broke and desperate for work, she waitresses at Coonskins, a frontier-themed restaurant where the decor is heavy on stuffed mammals and discarded peanut shells.

Despite the pitfalls of balancing parental duties, jobs, and the vagaries of middle-age life, Penelope pushes through one obstacle after another, trying to regain her independence. Whether fumbling through the world of online dating; coping with a bullying situation involving her son, Theo, something of a gastric wonder on the school bus; or wrestling with the discovery of nude photos from her carefree college days that are not quite as “artistic” as she remembers, Penelope gradually emerges as a modern-day heroine who navigates the assorted inanities of life with verve and humor.

Audacious and laugh-out-loud funny, Inman Majors’s new novel holds up a fun-house mirror to the relatable challenges of being a single parent in the digital age. All those who live by the beat of their own drum gain a coconspirator, an accomplice, and a champion in the unstoppable Penelope Lemon.

About this title

About the Author:

A native of Tennessee, Inman Majors now makes his home in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the author of four previous novels―including Love’s Winning Plays, The Millionaires, and Wonderdog―and is professor of English at James Madison University.

Review:

"A laugh-out-loud funny tale of misfortune and female friendship. Majors' latest is a riot from beginning to end."  -Booklist


"A light and lively sendup of modern woes."  -Kirkus Reviews

"Penelope's adventures in online Christian dating and parenting are hilarious."--New York Post

"Don't plan on getting anything done once you pick up the funniest book of 2018."  -CharlotteLit

"Saucy and profane and funny on every page."--Nashville Scene

About this edition

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 080716951X
• ISBN 13: 9780807169513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232