Dysfunctional family. Mother has AIDS from bullet that passed through her kid, astronaut daughter. Letter from Princess Diana's coffin. Florida. 1990s or early 2000s.

[Poppy]

1. mother has AIDS from a bullet that passed thru her kid
2. Astronaut daughter
3. A crazy sub plot about the letter from princess diana8s coffin being stolen and for sale…that sibling was a male
4. Took place in Florida
5. 1990s or early aughts

Seriously you can’t make this up……

[Becca]

All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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[Kris]

Poppy, I copied book details to the topic header. Feel feel to edit it.

What's the genre or tone - e.g., adult fiction, short stories, somber, angsty, humorous at times, literary fiction, etc.?

[Kris]

Amazon's preview of All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland - Becca's suggestion:

- https://www.amazon.com/All-Families-P... The Kindle preview is longer.
- There are different cover images.

Kirkus Review:

- "Here, plucky 67-year-old matriarch Janet presides over the discombobulated Drummond clan—two freaky sons, one square daughter, numerous dotty spouses, and a mean ex-husband—as it gathers in sweltering midsummer Orlando for the launch of a NASA shuttle carrying Sarah Drummond-Fournier. The much-admired astronaut was a born with one hand, thanks to the thalidomide her mother took during pregnancy, and the ironies roll on as Internet-savvy Janet reveals she is taking the drug again for mouth ulcers caused by AIDS. How did she get the dread disease? A bullet meant for seropositive son Wade (shot by his enraged, drunken father Ted) penetrated her body after passing through Wade’s. (...) He enlists them as couriers of a letter stolen from Princess Diana's coffin..."