| How to Talk to a Widower Contributor(s): Tropper, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385338910 ISBN-13: 9780385338912 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: "Beautifully crafted," "Fantastically funny." "Compulsively readable." Jonathan Tropper has earned wild acclaim---and comparisons to Nick Hornby and Tom Perrotta--for his biting humor and insightful portrayals of families in crisis and men behaving badly. Now the acclaimed author of The Book of Joe and Everything Changes tackles love, lust, and lost in the suburbs--in a stunning novel that is by turns heartfelt and riotously funny. Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet suburban town, that makes him something of a celebrity--the object of sympathy, curiosity, and, in some cases, unbridled desire. But Doug has other things on his mind. First there's his sixteen year-old stepson, Russ: a once-sweet kid who now is getting into increasingly serious trouble on a daily basis. Then there are Doug's sisters: his bossy twin, Clair, who's just left he husband and moved in with Doug, determined to rouse him from his Grieving stupor. And Debbie, who's engaged to Doug's ex-best friend and manically determined to pull off the perfect wedding at any cost. Soon Doug's entire nuclear family is in his face. And when he starts dipping his toes into the shark-infested waters of the second-time around dating scene, it isn't long before his new life is spinning hopelessly out of control, cutting a harrowing and often hilarious swath of sexual missteps and escalating chaos across the suburban landscape. "From the Hardcover edition." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Bantam Discovery |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.04" W x 8.26" (0.62 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "A resigned yet hopeful examination of grief with a side of human absurdity . . . warm and modestly knowing, with a wisecracking slacker hero."--Kirkus Reviews Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet town, that makes him the object of sympathy, curiosity, and in some cases even unbridled desire. But Doug has more urgent things on his mind, such as his sixteen-year-old stepson, Russ, a once-sweet kid who is now getting into increasingly serious trouble. As Doug starts dipping his toes into the shark-infested waters of the second-time-around dating scene, it isn't long before his new life is spinning hopelessly out of control, cutting a harrowing and often humorous swath of sexual missteps and escalating chaos across a suburban landscape. How to Talk to a Widower is a stunning novel of love, lust, and loss that USA Today hails as "hilarious but emotion-packed." Praise for How to Talk to a Widower " A] winning tale about a man raising his stepson after his wife dies."--People "Part of Widower's charm is that there's no happily ever after, no Cinderella-catches-the-fella ending." --USA Today "A mixture of mourning and mockery . . . surprisingly moving."--Entertainment Weekly |
