A large cast of lovably dysfunctional characters swirls around Will and Elizabeth Butterfield's marriage, which is crumbling, in part, because of Will's dalliance with a married neighbor. Though their marriage is the central crisis of the novel, all the other characters--a veritable parade of aunts, children, policemen, priests, and pedophiles--all have problems of t heir own, and THANKSGIVING NIGHT gives each of them a full and humane treatment. Richard Bausch's teeming novel uses his fine ear for dialogue and his comic understanding of human irrationality to create a rich, funny, and moving novel.

Encumbered with the challenges of his bookstore and his wife's high-school teaching career, Will Butterfield fears he will soon reach the end of his patience with his wildly eccentric mother and aunt, a situation that is both lightened and complicated by new friendships with the local handyman and his own chaotic family. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Encumbered with the challenges of his bookstore and his wife's high-school teaching career, Will Butterfield fears he will soon reach the end of his patience with his wildly eccentric mother and aunt, a situation that is both lightened and complicated by new friendships with the local handyman and his own chaotic family. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.