/lit/ - Literature

Please recommend me books similar to Life is Sweet.

If you haven't seen it, then it's a sort of gentle comedy about a dysfunctional family: a father who's a chef who wants to open a snack truck (popular in the UK); a mother who's a dance teacher; an older daughter who has a plumbing apprenticeship and a younger sister who doesn't do anything other than spouts political buzzwords, suffers from depression and bulimia (and has gross sex with a skinny shit from the neighbourhood).

The further the film goes along, the more uncomfortable it gets. The younger sister reveals more about her depression, her mother expresses grave concern but also anger that her youngest daughter doesn't appreciate the sacrifices that the mother and father have had to make to have children; a family friend opening up a disgusting restaurant fails on his opening day and becomes publicly drunk and violently harassing; the father breaks his leg; etc etc. If you haven't watch a Mike Leigh film, this is a good place to start.