Douglas Coupland book?

Question

Did anyone read the book "All families are psychotic"? If so, could someone tell me what drug the mom was taking when she was pregnant - which then messed up her daughter? She then continued to take this drug when she later contracted HIV. What was the name of the drug??!!

Answer 1

Thalidomide.

(Pursuing a career in aeronautics, Sarah became an astronaut, and is the reason for the family's impromptu reunion in Florida. Sarah has only one hand, the result of a birth defect, caused by her mother's use of thalidomide while she was carrying Sarah.)