| Adoring husband + agreeable child + picturesque home | | | | loud-mouth grouch. As it would seem, Lucy's artistic |
| = picture perfect life. But picture perfect is hardly the | | | | paradise could be haunted. To topple the escapade, |
| life that Lucy paints in the novel The Queen Gene by | | | | she contends with her darling-speak mother Anjoli, |
| Jennifer Coburn. Saucy, energetic, and side-splitting, | | | | who puts her Chihuahua under psychiatric counseling, a |
| The Queen Gene launches into colorful debacles as | | | | dog who undergoes multiple transformations due to an |
| Lucy repeatedly fails to circumvent the matrilineal | | | | identity crisis. Aunt Bernice, Lucy's 84 year old auntie, |
| curse (or blessing) of eccentricity. | | | | calls periodically to give a "Snatch Report," as she |
| When Lucy and her husband Jack convert their new | | | | recently started shaving "down there" after a visit to a |
| home in the Berkshire Mountains to an artist retreat, | | | | strip club. |
| trouble brews. With the start of the warm season, | | | | Sigh after sigh, Lucy finally embraces her bizarre yet |
| they are only months away from the open house | | | | flavorful heritage and combats her dilemmas using an |
| where their four visiting artists can showcase projects | | | | Anjoli-style approach. She too, like her mother's |
| completed during the summer. Catastrophes threaten | | | | Chihuahua, undergoes a metamorphosis into a capable |
| their success. Home repairs are mysteriously fixed, | | | | woman, comfortable with herself and her rather |
| "female at her own peril" occurs as women | | | | unconventional family. Bursting with loveable and |
| consistently leave the house with haphazard foot | | | | memorable characters, The Queen Gene fulfils |
| injuries, and a sweet talented artist flips into a raging | | | | ravenous appetites for a good and enjoyable read. |