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DEAD CATS And Other Reflections on Parenthood

Meet Joel Peterson, a Porsche-driving dentist who lives in the garage behind the lovely home he once shared with his wife and two young daughters. He’s in the doghouse because of a dead cat—the pet his girls adored. Okay, it wasn’t an accident, even if he’s paying his lawyer $450 an hour to plead his innocence. He deliberately ran over the peacefully napping Friskers, followed by a gleeful fist pump, as little Ollie and her big sister Philly stood watching in horror. And that’s the least of Joel’s problems...         

Author JESSE McKINNELL grew up in Massachusetts but has lived peacefully in Maine for many years. On July 4, 2015, he had a dream about a dentist with a passion for writing sitcoms. Somehow, DEAD CATS And Other Reflections on Parenthood was the result. It is his first novel.