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The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs

The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs

by JackGantos (Author)

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    Unabridged 2008

    $3.28
Synopsis

'I expect you might think the story I am about to tell you is untrue or perversely gothic in some unhealthy way...' There is nothing strange about being attached to your mum. But the elderly Rumbaugh twins have got a seriously bad case of mother love. When Ivy makes a bizarre and gruesome discovery in their basement, she learns that the Rumbaughs have been taking their boyhood hobby a step too far...

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More Information

Format: Unabridged
 Pages: 192
 Edition: Main Market
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 07 Mar 2008
ISBN 10: 023070185X
ISBN 13: 9780230701854
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
A totally engaging, intelligently written work . . . this one will linger in one's darkest corners. -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
This offbeat novel, reflecting elements of Psycho and Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, draws readers into a macabre world where taboos are lifted and unconventional desires unleashed. -- Publishers Weekly
A shocking, darkly comic tale. -- Booklist, Boxed Review
Eerie. This thought-provoking story about free will and the arguments of nature and nurture will definitely stick with readers. -- School Library Journal
Few other books offer such a combination of stylization verging on the comic and a true fascination with the Gothic's exploration of human minds. -- Chicago Tribune
The wonderful and compelling strangeness will . . . draw many readers, especially fans of silver-screen or classic literary Gothic. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Compelling. -- The Horn Book Magazine You know where The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos is heading, even as you can't quite believe it. . . . Possibly the most oddball children's book ever written and certainly one of the cleverest. -- The Telegraph (UK)
Author Bio
Jack Gantos is the author of successful the Joey Pigza and Rotten Ralph series for younger children and Desire Lines and Hole in my life for teen readers. Jack lives with his family in Massachusetts.