The Beans of Egypt Maine by Caroline Chute

This one was on my "Let's read it" list for a while

There are families like the Beans all over America. They live on the wrong side of town in mobile homes strung with Christmas lights all year round. The women are pregnant, the men drun , and the children frow all around and around. This novel pulses with curious, kinetic, very American Energy and a lot of people who each have their own stories to telll