How to Talk to a Widower"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 ofThe Book of JoeandEverything Changestackles 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 10 |
Section 3 | 19 |
Section 4 | 29 |
Section 5 | 39 |
Section 6 | 52 |
Section 7 | 59 |
Section 8 | 71 |
Section 21 | 207 |
Section 22 | 212 |
Section 23 | 220 |
Section 24 | 226 |
Section 25 | 238 |
Section 26 | 245 |
Section 27 | 258 |
Section 28 | 264 |
Section 9 | 88 |
Section 10 | 95 |
Section 11 | 108 |
Section 12 | 131 |
Section 13 | 134 |
Section 14 | 141 |
Section 15 | 151 |
Section 16 | 158 |
Section 17 | 165 |
Section 18 | 178 |
Section 19 | 190 |
Section 20 | 199 |
Section 29 | 273 |
Section 30 | 290 |
Section 31 | 302 |
Section 32 | 309 |
Section 33 | 314 |
Section 34 | 330 |
Section 35 | 340 |
Section 36 | 347 |
Section 37 | 359 |
Section 38 | 368 |
Section 39 | 381 |
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