M31 A Family Romance
M31 A Family Romance by Stephen Wright, published by Vintage Contemporaries in 2004, is a 214-page exploration of family life through a unique lens. The narrative centers on Dash and Dot, a husband and wife who claim to be descendants of aliens from the M31 galaxy. Living in a decommissioned church equipped with a radar dish and a spaceship, they have become prominent figures on the UFO lecture circuit, while their children navigate the complexities of their unconventional home.
Readers will encounter a blend of humor and absurdity as Dash and Dot’s lives intertwine with the arrival of UFO enthusiasts seeking the couple. This scenario reveals a family dynamic that is both familiar and surreal, offering insights into the nature of family life. The book delves into themes of identity and belonging, presenting a narrative that reflects both the extraordinary and the mundane aspects of domestic existence.
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Dash and Dot—husband and wife; self-professed descendants of aliens from the M31 galaxy—are the world’s most in-demand lecturers on the UFO circuit. They live in a decommissioned church in the middle of America, with a radar dish on its steeple and a spaceship in the sanctuary. Their children have the run of the house when Dash and Dot are away. When a couple of UFO groupies show up looking for the extraterrestrial duo, they find instead a nuclear family—or rather, a family gone nuclear—whose comically discomforting world resembles our own as much as it does another world altogether.
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