There's a Word for That

"Engrossing, hilarious, and tender... I couldn't put it down."
---Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project

A hilarious and moving chronicle of a wildly flawed family that comes together--in rehab, of all places--even as each member is on the verge of falling apart

Introducing the Kesslers: Marty, a retired LA film producer whose self-worth has been eroded by age and a late-in-life passion for opioids; his daughter Janine, former child star suffering the aftereffects of a life in the public eye; and granddaughter Hailey, the "less-than" twin sister, whose inferiority complex takes a most unexpected turn. Nearly six thousand miles away, in London, celebrated author Bunny Small, Marty's long-forgotten first wife, has her own problems: a "preposterous" case of writer's block, a monstrous drinking habit, and a son who has fled halfway around the world to escape her.


When Marty's pill-popping gets out of hand and Bunny's boozing reaches crisis proportions, a perfect storm of dysfunction brings them all together at Directions, Malibu's most exclusive and absurd rehab center.


But for all their failings, the members of this estranged--and strange--family love each other. Rich with warmth, humor, and deep insight, There's a Word for That is a comic ode to surviving the people closest to us, navigating the perils of success, and taking one last look in the rearview mirror before mapping out the road ahead.

"Absolut, hilar si tandru ... nu as putea sa-l pun jos." --- Gretchen Rubin, autorul cel mai bine vandut al New York Times al The Happiness Project O cronica hilara si emotionanta a unei familii cu defecte salbatice care se reuneste - in reabilitare, din toate locurile - chiar daca fiecare membru este pe punctul de a se destrama Va prezentam Kesslers: Marty, un producator de film LA retras, a carui valoare de sine a fost erodata de varsta si de o pasiune tarzie pentru opioide; fiica sa Janine, fosta vedeta a copilului care sufera de efectele ulterioare ale unei vieti in ochii publicului; si nepoata Hailey, sora geamana „mai putin decat”, al carei complex de inferioritate ia o intorsatura extrem de neasteptata.