Murphy’s Law: anything that can go wrong
will go wrong. Murphy’s Law could be the
theme of this book. Michael O’ Dell is
hit by a car as the book opens and survives the accident but from there, things
in his life go from bad to worse. His
wife is patient and understanding and stands by him as his depression over his
unemployment worsens and while he tries to keep up a good front.
Michael has a slightly manic way of
reacting to circumstances and this does not help his case while dealing with
police officers or the administration at his daughter’s school after his
daughter gets into an altercation with another student. Nor does it help when his son is found with
illicit drugs and later when his son stages a movie at his school in which a “toy”
firearm is used and the police are called in to investigate.
Some of this book was a slog, but for
the most part it is funny and entertaining.
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