This book took me by surprise. The title didn't capture my interest, the synopsis was okay...but then I read the first chapter and was sucked in. This book really did have a little of everything and I am so happy that F2R sent it to me. I wouldn't call it "laugh out loud" but it was funny, witty and hits human nature and the ties that hold families together right on the head.
Teddy Telemachus has a gift for sleight of hand. When he gets needy for some cash he cons his way into a government study and meets Maureen McKinnon. Unlike Teddy, Maureen is the real deal with an immense genuine power. A quick courtship leads to three children that are also gifted and it is the start of the Amazing Telemachus Family. The children, Irene a lie detector, Frankie can move things with his mind, and Buddy the baby in the family can see into the future. Tragedy strikes the family though.
Decades later we see the Telemachus children struggling to get by in their own ways. Irene is a single mom whose ability to see lies is ruining her chance at work and love. Frankie is in serious debt with the mob and Buddy is barely holding on to reality.
Then Matty, Irene's son, discovers his own gift. As he learns more about his gift and the once Amazing Telemachus the CIA enter the picture.
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