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My Undead Mother-in-law: The Family Zombie With Anger Management Issues (The Life After Life Chronicles Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Andy Zach (Author), Sean Flanagan (Illustrator), Dori Harrell (Editor), Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
My mother-in-law's a zombie. And she has anger-management issues. My mother-in-law, Diane Newby, zombified by accident. She still volunteers at her church bake sales and cooks pot roast for her daughter and son-in-law, Ron Yardley. What ticks her off is when people don't treat her like a normal human being—with glowing red eyes and super strength and speed. And if she doesn't get her own way, look out. She explodes and leaves broken plaster and body parts in her wake. Nothing stops her: not brick walls, the federal government, or middle-aged spread.

But the world's most powerful criminal plans to control zombies. His only problem with zombies is that they have way too much free will. He has a solution for that. But will it work with Diane Newby? The world divides into pro-zombie and anti-zombie factions. Battles break out everywhere. Which side will you take? Who will live and who will die? You might not survive this book. But at least you'll die laughing.
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Book 3 of 4
    The Life After Life Chronicles
  3. Print length
    199 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Publication date
    August 5, 2017
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  9. ISBN-13
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"I first experienced the bizarre imagination of Andy Zach when I read his Zombie Turkeys: How an Unknown Blogger Fought Unkillable Turkeys.

Now, in volume 2 of the series, Sam meets a family of human zombies. They're nothing like the usual relentless undead walkers you've come to expect. In Zach's world, zombie humans don't mind the changes their bodies went through as the changes are mostly improvements. Lost limbs grow back and bodies don't quit. In particular, Diane Newby, the undead mother-in-law of the title, becomes a zombie advocate urging her family to share their blood with other people, especially the elderly and disabled, whose ailments are "cured" when the zombie blood transforms them. In addition, Diane "reasons" with savage zombie animals like turkeys and bulls, taming them to behave themselves and obey her commands.

Perhaps not surprisingly, medical authorities and the government are divided on deciding just what the best response to all this should be. Is it discrimination for the NFL and other leagues to ban zombies from sports? What sort of legislation should Congress pass?

If all that weirdness isn't enough for you, toss in European crime lord Vik Staskas who wants to take over America using hijacked zombie blood. He controls deadly remote-controlled cyborg animals like rats, snakes, and monkeys. They can talk and threaten pilots and ship captains to go where the billionaire wants them to go. Thus begins the war between zombie humans, turkeys, and bulls vs. cyborg snakes, gorillas, and chimpanzees. If all that still isn't enough for you, well, next comes . . . zombies at sea, vicious killer zombie hula-girls with shapely legs, zombies watching The Night of the Living Dead with the Trumps in the White House . . .

So My Undead Mother-In-Law, while not publicized as a YA story, should appeal to a generation for whom blogging is part of their daily life. Zach even asked a less than famous blogger to write the humorous "Foreword" to the book. That's really what any reader needs to enjoy this strange yarn--a sense of humor and a willingness to lose yourself in a world that never was and never will be. But a world that seems likely to appear once again in yet another sequel."--Dr. Wesley Britton from BookPleasures.com on Aug. 14, 2017 at: dpli.ir/Z1dJCo

About the Author

Andy Zach was born Anastasius Zacharias, in Greece. His parents were both zombies. Growing up, he loved animals of all kinds. After moving to the United States as a child, in high school he won a science fair by bringing toads back from suspended animation. Before turning to fiction, Andy published his PhD thesis, "Methods of Revivification for Various Species of the Kingdom Animalia" in the prestigious JAPM, Journal of Paranormal Medicine. Andy, in addition to being the foremost expert on paranormal animals, enjoys breeding phoenixes. He lives in Illinois with his five phoenixes.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0743FQ3QC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jule Inc; 1st edition (August 5, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 5, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.0 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 199 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1973714019
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Andy Zach was born Anastasius Zacharias, in Greece. His parents were both zombies. Growing up, he loved animals of all kinds. After moving to the United States as a child, in high school, he won a science fair by bringing toads back from suspended animation. Before turning to fiction, Andy published his Ph.D. thesis "Methods of Revivification for Various Species of the Kingdom Animalia" in the prestigious JAPM, Journal of Paranormal Medicine. Andy, in addition to being the foremost expert on paranormal animals, enjoys breeding phoenixes. He lives in Illinois with his five phoenixes.

With his first book, "Zombie Turkeys" Andy blazed new ground in paranormal humor. The second book in his Life After Life Chronicles, "My Undead Mother-in-law" expands the zombie plague from turkeys to humans, with hilarious results. You can find both volumes on Amazon Kindle, Createspace print, and Audible audiobook editions.

Not content to keep in zombies earthbound, Andy puts them afloat in his third book, "Paranormal Privateers". Just when you thought every funny zombie trope had been explored, new humorous horizons open up. You can get "Paranormal Privateers" in Kindle and print formats. The audiobook is available now on Audible.

Having conquered paranormal animal humor in his first series, Andy Zach launches into middle school superhero genre with Secret Supers. Four disabled seventh graders all get superpowers. Who knew a disability could be so useful for hiding a superpower? But the four friends, Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey confront problems that can't be solved by superpowers.

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  • an avid reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Let’s start with wow!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017
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    I am a huge zombie fan, I had thought the genre had worked itself out for a while and then I read this book. I think I have been scarred for life! I foresee months if not years of counseling in my future.

    Not everyone is going to like every book, you know what that’s all right. Maybe they don’t understand the book. If you want to envision hordes of undead animals attacking the evil… sorry I don’t do spoilers. Think of a slightly sardonic look on life and you will be getting close.

    While reading this book I was reminded of a visionary work of Cinema, “Polterygiest: Night of the Chicken Dead” a great movie by Troma Entertainment. Do yourself a favor check out this book.
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  • Stephanie Barr
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not your standard zombie tale
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018
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    When I started to read this book, I was leery. As far as I know, I'm less interested in zombies than anyone on the planet. How could I give a reasonable review? Turns out, it wasn't hard at all. I've said before and it turned out to be true here that, if you have a ridiculous premise that's hard to swallow, run with it, normalize it, and readers /viewers will eventually accept. And it worked. The original premise of cognizant, virtually indestructible zombies was lobbed and backed until I was a believer, actively rooting for zombies. Plenty of (bloodier than average) action, some smiling, if not guffaw humor, a nice fulfilling story arc in an easy readable length made for a fun book (if bloody action doesn't bother you) with charm that didn't take itself to seriously but still capable of many a tender and touching moments.

    I'm glad my prejudice didn't keep me from enjoying this out-of-the-common-way story.
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  • Kimdkus
    5.0 out of 5 stars another fun book!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022
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    I like these books as the zombies are relatable and enduring. I nice twist to the gory zombie genre that is out there!
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  • Shirley J Christian-McInerny
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2017
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    I don't know I bought it for a gift.
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  • Tonya
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2023
    I love stuff with Zombies. A different intake to Zombies than the Zombies I've seen on T.V. shows. It was funny and kept me listening to find out what happen next.I love stuff with Zombies. A different intake to Zombies than the Zombies I've seen on T.V. shows. It was funny and kept me listening to find out what happen next.
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  • DabOfDarkness
    4.0 out of 5 stars Most adorable mother-in-law ever!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2020
    Note: While this is Book 2 in the series, it works pretty well as a stand alone story.

    Set several months after the zombie turkey outbreak of Book 1, the contagion continues to pop up in other species. Now that several zombie humans have been created, the government can no longer hide it. In fact, most zombie humans continue to work, play, cook, attend church, and have family get-togethers.

    Diane is such a fun mother-in-law! She’s a bit overbearing but ferociously protective of her family. I love her dedication to zombie acceptance and beating down zombie stereotypes. Also, she’s a great brawler. I would not want to be on any team opposing Diane!

    The zombie critters were great too! I love that the contaminated corn (the suspected source of the zombie outbreaks) is still the main suspected source of these new zombie species – like snakes and chipmunks. That scene with the rat and the snake hijacking the plane – haha! This story had me chuckling often.

    I did miss Sam and Lisa from Book 1 but they do have minor roles in this book. In fact, seeing what this book does to them, I really hope we see more of them in Book 3. While there isn’t nearly as many zombie turkeys, we do get a few zombie turkey gobbles in this tale (which makes me laugh like a maniacal little kid).

    Overall, this was a fun story though I did enjoy Book 1 a smidge more. This story had a few slow moments, but Diane would usually rescue us and bring life back to the tale. The end of the story leaves us having a lengthy ceremony and dinner with a political figure and I found that to be a little off-putting. While Book 1 had a different political figure, he was caught up in the action and we didn’t get long speeches from him. In this book, we get a few long speeches from this political figure and I found it a little boring. Plus I read to escape today’s politics and having those politics invade my books is a little grating. Despite that, I look forward to Book 3. 4.5/5 stars.

    The Narration: Phil Blechman and Raven Perez continue to do a great job with this series. I love Blechman’s zombie turkey calls – makes me laugh every time no matter how gruesome the scene. Perez was spectacular as Diane – loud, proud, boisterous, hilarious. The technical recording quality is also top notch. Blechman and Perez sound like they are in the same room for the recording. It’s seamless when they trade off or even back and forth in the same conversation. Excellent all around! 5/5 stars.

    I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Andy Zach. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
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  • Shannon Skinner
    5.0 out of 5 stars Zombiessss
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024
    Fun zombie read! I love paranormal and supernatural books so I was intrigued to read this series. I’ve listened to it on audible and the narrators are really fun and easy to listen to, I feel like they’re talking to actual people rather than reading a story. The storyline is funny and it has just gotten better with each book in the series.
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  • Mrs Dan
    1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't finish it
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018
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    Got so bored I just gave up.
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