The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady (Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point)) - Hardcover

Advance Praise for "The Revenge of The Radioactive Lady"
"Mixing the suburban angst of Tom Perrotta with the snarky humor of Carl Hiaasen, Stuckey-French has written a page-turner that is thoughtful, amusing, and nearly impossible to put down."
--"Library Journal, " starred review
""The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady" is surprisingly chipper as the neurotic and lovable cast turns a macabre tale into a wildly compulsive read."
--Bookpage.com
"It's impossible not to love a novel that starts out with a 77-year-old woman planning cold-blooded murder, especially when the old lady in question is as charming and funny as Stuckey-French's Marylou Ahearn. As she steadily worms her way into the world and family of her intended victim, this fast-paced and witty book expands to c

Advance Praise for "The Revenge of The Radioactive Lady"
"Elizabeth Stuckey-French's latest novel is playfully retro...We don't expect, in comic little-old-lady novels, to encounter childhood cancer, randy preachers and a boy building a homemade breeder reactor in the tool shed. But Stuckey-French knows that if you dig deep enough, we're all oddballs, and the the world is a perilous and unpredictable place."
-- "The New York Times Book Review
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"[A] charmingly off-kilter novel...Stuckey-French channels her characters -- including two mildly autistic teenagers -- with precision and wit, weaving in wry insights about modern suburban life. The result is a smart and improbably cheerful tale about family that's actually quite sweet at its core."
-- "People "Magazine (3 out of 4 stars)
"["The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady"] turns out to be the best kind of page-turner -- one with heart."
"--The Boston Globe"
"Mixing the suburban angst of Tom Perrot

Marylou Ahearn is determined to kill the doctor who gave her a radioactive cocktail as part of a secret government study in 1954. After 50 years, she finally finds the senile Wilson Spriggs living in Florida with his daughter's family, and insinuates herself into their lives. She has no idea what she's about to get into, though.