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The Great Skinner Enterprise
Macmillan,
1996 "It was Mom's strike that really began
it all." That event, chronicled by Jenny in The
Great Skinner Strike, marked the onset of the changes in Jenny's
conservative father. They are minor at first - a sporty moustache and
flashy clothes. Then comes the day of the Ultimate Change, a seemingly
normal day with nothing to warn Jenny of the disaster ahead. Mr. Skinner
has been fired. And that's not all. He arrives home in a brand new
$16,000+ van and with grand plans for the Skinner Family Enterprise. Soon,
he has turned the dining room table into Central Headquarters and incorporated
the whole family into "At Your Service," a new-concept firm designed
to do errands for people who are too busy to do them themselves.
Some
of the Skinners become gung-ho supporters. But Jenny remains unconvinced,
envisioning a future of sacrifice, hard labor, abject poverty, and certain
failure. But the enterprising success of their trial run proves even
harder to handle. As the clamor for their services mounts to a chaotic
crescendo, it looks as if the Skinner Family Enterprise will be the downfall of
the Skinner family.
Readers will welcome the return of the
Skinners in this hilarious sequel to The Great Skinner
Strike.
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