Uncle Patrick's Secessionist Breakfast by Dave Eggers

 At a family reunion on the central coast, Uncle Patrick calls the Mahoney family together to discuss California seceding from the USA. But Lori, a former senator, thinks it impossible and crazy. Like the other stories in his Forgetters series, Eggers bring humor and heart to this story about people seeking hope in a country's darkest time.

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