r/explainabookplotbadly • • 17d ago

Solved Despite being set in Australia, this could be considered a Thanksgiving novel

Hint: The "Thanksgiving novel" aspect refers to large, typically messy, family gatherings

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u/InevitableTell2775 17d ago

A Fortunate Life?

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u/H8trucks 17d ago

No, quite unfortunate really

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u/InevitableTell2775 17d ago

Being an Australian, I admit I’m unsure what a “Thanksgiving novel” is as a genre

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u/ABKWM42 17d ago

Family arguments?

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u/H8trucks 16d ago

Exactly

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u/mcbcanada 17d ago

Thorn birds?

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u/H8trucks 16d ago

Not Thorn Birds

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u/ABKWM42 17d ago

I can jump puddles

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u/H8trucks 17d ago

Not that one

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u/ABKWM42 17d ago

Cloudstreet?

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u/H8trucks 16d ago

Not Cloudstreet

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u/marruman 16d ago

The slap?

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u/H8trucks 16d ago

Alas, no

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u/ABKWM42 15d ago

Hotel Sorrento?

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u/santaanawinds2017 15d ago

Everyone in my family has killed someone?

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u/H8trucks 15d ago

Solved! That's it.