To the Birdhouse

In Cathleen Schine''s comic novel To the Birdhouse newlywed Alice Brody appears to have the perfect life. The one fly in the ointment is her mother''s detestable boyfriend Louie Scifo: champion of incredibly bad taste and a bona fide stalker. After Alice''s mother cuts him loose Louie''s determination to win back her love casts Alice''s whole family into disarray. So Alice embarks on a mission to rid her mother of Louie once and for all in this rambunctious comedy of manners that is at once dizzying hilarious authentic and original (Washington Post Book World).