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Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma
Author: Douglas Coupland
On a snowy Saturday night in 1979, after making love for the first time, high school senior Karen Ann McNeil confides the dark visions she's been suffering to her boyfriend, Richard. Only a few hours later she descends into a coma. Nine months after that, she gives birth to a daughter, Megan, her child by Richard.Karen remains comatose for t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060391782
ISBN-10: 0060391782
Publication Date: 4/1/1998
Pages: 284
Edition: 1st ed
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: ReganBooks
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 1
Douglas Coupland's books are all about "Generation X", using bits and pieces from pop culture and news to create novels that make us think. This novel starts out fairly straightforward and then turns into a surreal look into life today. And yes, there is a girl in a coma.
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Dunno what I feel about this - enjoyed it, but it's been done before, many times, and in some ways better, and in others this is totally unique, but I can't really verbalize it properly.

LOVE the concept that time and history are man made things. I often say that to make myself feel better about my age *grin*

Worth a read, stick with it. Last couple of pages were probably the best in the book, and will be on my mind for a while.
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Interesting and thought provoking.
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Great thought provoking book.
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Not the best of the Coupland books


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