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Crossroads Road: A Novel [Kindle Edition]

Jeff Kay

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Jovis McIntire's quiet life in the suburbs is turned upside down the day his mother-in-law wins $234 million in a multi-state lottery. She quickly makes an identical offer to all her children and their families: a large, custom-built home, and two million dollars cash.

But there's a catch, a nasty hook hidden inside the bait. If the deal is accepted, they will be required to live together on a newly-created cul-de-sac in southern California, for the remainder of the matriarch's life — a woman Jovis sarcastically calls Sunshine.

Not a chance!

And that would only be the beginning of it, he knows. The rest of his wife's family is no prize, either. Nancy the bohemian earth child with organic, free-range armpits, Kevin the pompous scarf-wearing intellectual, Sue the 400-pound attention junkie who throws herself down flights of stairs for sympathy… Jovis sees them all as kooks, in one way or another, and they want him to live amongst them? Not for a million bucks! Or two million, even.

But his defiance begins to fade when Jovis returns to his job, and realizes he's now there by choice.

Crossroads Road is the first novel by Jeff Kay, proprietor of the popular humor site The West Virginia Surf Report! It is a rollicking comedy, perfect for fans of National Lampoon's Vacation, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

An early reader called the book "relentlessly hilarious."

Product Details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 321 KB
  • Print Length: 264 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 098333580X
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Smoking Fish Media (Mar 28 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004UC538I
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Amazon.com: 4.4 out of 5 stars  99 reviews
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic First Novel from a one-handed hair whipper Mar 30 2011
By Kingjnod - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Jeff Kay has already been entertaining multitudes on the web with his website "The West Virginia Surf Report". And now he has created the kind of novel that his fans would expect. Funny and full of well turned phrases that will soon be creeping into your vocabulary, like yard biscuits, translucent, doucheketeer, and involuntary power sodomy.

I am so glad I found Jeff Kay on the web and now his terrific book.

I read it on the Kindle, wotta deal!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh Out Loud Read Mar 31 2011
By Terri - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Jeff creates a great cast of characters and shows how family and money don't always mix. Read this book straight through and recommend to anyone that wants to have a good laugh.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Who Doesn't want to Win The Lotto? Sep 4 2011
By Judi Coltman - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just finished Kay's CrossRoads Road. I want to say upfront, that while 3 stars may seem a meager endorsement, it is not. The characters in Kay's book are frighteningly well written, unlovable and at the same time endearing. I certainly could relate to the odd family dynamics and that's what makes the book fun. It's like watching a trainwreck with the commentator of Saturday Night Live's news.

The premise, to get a fist full of cash and change his life, Jovis and family must heed the requirements put forth by his mother-in-law. Part of me wanted to just yell, "Run Away!" but who runs from 2 mil right? Kay expounds on the day-to-day activities of setting up life, with all of the nonsense it entails and he does it well. When he and his son travel a distance to help his sis-in-law and her spouse move, I was there feeling his frustration at their complete lack of urgency which translated into total selfishness. I know those people.

What I found lacking, however, was a decent sewing up of characters and scenarios. Perhaps that was his intent, but it bugged me. The ending seemed a little too outlandish and the second to last chapter seemed completely out of place. I felt myself asking questions that needed answers but were instead glossed over in an effort to move on.

Would I suggest it to others? Yes. Would it make a good movie? I think perhaps. I've read some incredible books in my life that merit 5 stars and 4, this stands as a solid 3 +

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