A Strange Sense of Dislocation

Four generations of the Taft family consist of (depending on who you talk to), a ringmaster, an astronaut, a scientist, and an artist all living in America both in the past and in the future. The book is told from all of their perspectives every three chapters in an experimental style that I don't have a name for, the goal was they would all dovetail in the same shape. They each experience death and each makes decisions about their futures, like we all do. The book takes place in different time periods and strives to be something that you'll find kind words for when you're talking with your mother or father.