Synopsis
The Sunken Living Room
$10.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
2 Male 2 Female
Wade Minnick, 16, is a slender, effeminate bookworm in suburban Miami
With his distracted mother out playing Bridge, and his pilot father away on a trip, Wade settles down in the family's showpiece living room to read A Passage To India
His volatile brother Chip, 17, takes off on a dubious errand, leaving Wade alone with Chip's foxy pothead girlfriend
"Freak" Tammy teaches "brain" Wade more about life and about himself than he could learn from a dozen novels
And when Chip returns, having scored and snorted some serious drugs, Wade's gonna need every ounce of his new found courage and compassion
REVIEWS
"A moving period drama about emotional abandonment ... a witty and deep piece on many levels" ~ nytheatre.com
"... Unsettling, funny, poignant ... Caudle's writing is full of humor, compassion, keen observation and period-perfect language..." ~ The Miami Herald
"... Sharp period piece ... blistering family drama ... The Sunken Living Room is a drama with much to say about growing up too soon in a world that's moving too fast" ~ Sun Sentinel