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Girlfriend in a Coma

by Douglas Coupland

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Girlfriend in a Coma

Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear -- all served Coupland-style. Karen, an attractive, popular student, goes into a coma one night in 1979. Whilst in it, she gives birth to a healthy baby daughter; once out of it, a mere eighteen years later, she finds herself, Rip van Winkle-like, a middle-aged mother whose friends have all gone through all the normal marital, social and political traumas and back again! This tragicomedy shows Coupland in his most mature form yet, writing with all his customary powers of acute observation, but turning his attention away from the surface of modern life to the dynamics of modern relationships, but doing so with all the sly wit and weird accuracy we expect of the soothsaying author of Generation X, Shampoo Planet, Life After God, Microserfs and Polaroids from the Dead.

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Get reading my friends!

Even after 12 novels, Coupland has never bettered this incredible book and it's certainly one I'll recommend to anyone who asks, or indeed doesn't ask! Set in modern day Vancouver, a teenager slips into a coma, setting off a series of events that ripple through her peer group and widen into ever-increasing circles of destruction and redemption. An apocalyptic take on "It's a Wonderful Life", if this book doesn't make you cry, you are part of the problem!

Review by Robb of the Leeds Borders on 2009-01-27 13:31:55
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Girlfriend in a Coma - Douglas Coupland

I have re-read this book more than any other. everytime I do I glimpse something new and enjoy the reflection it imparts on my life. Six high school friends grow uncomfortably into adolescence whilst one remains inert in a coma only to wake with visions of an iminent apocalypse! Beautifully realised and structured, this is a Coupland's epic of storytelling, drama, and pathos.

Review by Adam of the London - Islington Borders on 2009-02-23 14:13:40
Girlfriend In A Coma

Even after 12 novels, Coupland has never bettered this incredible book and it's certainly one I'll recommend to anyone who asks, or indeed doesn't ask! Set in modern day Vancouver, a teenager slips into a coma, setting off a series of events that ripple through her peer group and widen into ever-increasing circles of destruction and redemption. An apocalyptic take on "It's a Wonderful Life", if this book doesn't make you cry, you are part of the problem! Get reading my friends!

Review by Robert Barham on 14:04, 04 Apr 2008

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