The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
Author(s): Various
Genre(s): Family Life, General Fiction
Narrators: Tom Lennon, MaryAnn, Amy Gramour, Kalynda, Heather Lawrence, Sandra Estenson, Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019), Elizabeth Klett, TriciaG, David Stryker, Vsilverlining, David Leeson
Number of Chapters: 12
Length: 7 hours and 32 minutes
Language: English
A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and others by Annise)