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Spoonbenders / Daryl Gregory.

Gregory, Daryl, (author.).

Summary:

A generations-spanning family of psychics - both blessed and burdened by their abilities - must use their powers to save themselves from the CIA, the local mafia, and a skeptic hell-bent on discrediting them in this hilarious, tender, magical novel about the invisible forces that bind us.
Teddy Telemachus is a charming con man with a gift for slight of hane. Short on cash, he volunteers for a study on ESP that's secretly backed by the CIA. There he meets Maureen McKinnon. It's not just her piercing blue eyes that leave Teddy forever charmed, but her mind- Maureen is a genuine psychic of immense and mysterious power. After a whirlwind courtship, they marry, have three gifted children and become the Amazing Telemachus Family, performing astounding feats across the country. Irene is a human lie detector. Frankie can move objects with his mind. And Buddy, the youngest, can see the future. Then one night tragedy leaves the family shattered. Decades later, the Telemachuses are not so amazing. Irene is a single mom whose ear for the truth makes it hard to hold down a job, much less hold together a relationship. Frankie's in serious debt to his dad's old mob associates. Buddy has completely withdrawn into himself and inexplicably begun digging a hole in the backyard. To make matters worse, the CIA has come knocking, looking to see if there's any magic left in the Telemachus clan. And there is: Irene's son Matty, has just had his first out-of-body experience. But he hasn't told anyone, even though his newfound talent might just be what his family needs to save themselves - if it doesn't tear them apart in the process.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385689519
  • Physical Description: 399 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada, 2017.
Subject: Families > Fiction.
Psychic ability > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Humorous fiction.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
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