Very Bad Parents: An Absurd Slice of Psychological Fiction Offering a Glimpse into the Twisted Lives of an All-American Family

In 1964, sixteen-year-old Joan Andersen survives the crudest form of savagery: a botched abortion. What follows is a series of painful complications, leaving her traumatized and emotionally scarred. Plagued with guilt and longing for redemption, Joan convinces herself that the baby she lost is still with her, an obsession bordering on delusion. Jack Smithfield is devastated when his girlfriend confesses to having a back-alley abortion behind his back. Tormented by the loss of a baby he never kn