<p><b>Includes Author-Curated Discussion Questions!</b><br/><br/>The reunited Lund siblings, separated as children by Social Services, find that family, whether held together by blood or by choice, can be both a curse and a blessing, an obstacle and a point of connection.</p><p>Set in Vancouver during the economically turbulent year of 2008, <i>A Brief View from the Coastal Suite</i> explores the Lunds' differing values in respect to relationships, money, and environment – all markers for a materialistic society that is becoming increasingly inhospitable.Cleo struggles to find time for her challenging job as an architectural designer and for the demands of her family; Mandalay, an artist and single parent, tries to raise her twin sons uncontaminated by the materialistic values of their lawyer father; and Cliff attempts to run a landscape company with his spoiled younger brother, Ben, and to accommodate the ever-increasing demands of his Estonian mail-order bride.</p><p>Karen Hofmann’s brilliant sequel to her novel <i>What is Going to Happen Next</i> skillfully explores societal attitudes and the instability of personal and public lives in a world that values money above all else.</p><p><b>IncludesAuthor-Curated Discussion Questions!</b><br><br>Thereunited Lund siblings, separated as children by Social Services, find thatfamily, whether held together by blood or by choice, can be both a curse and ablessing, an obstacle and a point of connection.</p><p>Set inVancouver during the economically turbulent year of 2008, <i>A BriefView from the Coastal Suite</i> explores the Lunds' differing valuesin respect to relationships, money, and environment – all markers for amaterialistic society that is becoming increasingly inhospitable.  Cleostruggles to find time for her challenging job as an architectural designer andfor the demands of her family; Mandalay, an artist and single parent, tries toraise her twin sons uncontaminated by the materialistic values of their lawyerfather; and Cliff attempts to run a landscape company with his spoiled youngerbrother, Ben, and to accommodate the ever-increasing demands of his Estonianmail-order bride.</p><p>Karen Hofmann’s brilliant sequel to hernovel <i>What is Going to Happen Next</i> skillfullyexplores societal attitudes and the instability of personal and public lives ina world that values money above all else.</p>