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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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Russ: Doug's stepson
- Claire: Doug's twin sister
- Debbie: Doug's younger sister
- Hailey: Doug's dead wife
- Douglas: the protagonist
- Jim: Hailey's ex-husband
- Mike: Friend of Doug's and seeing his sister
- Laney Potter: A married woman in the neighborhood
- Stephen: Claire's husband
- Dave Potter: Add a description of this character.
- Angie
- Suzanne
- Mandy
- Rudy
- Mason
- Max
- Sam
- Brooke: Russ's counselor at school
- Jack
- Sally
- Dougie
- Kyle
- Deborah
- Gary
- Sinatra
- Mr. Sandleman
- Stan
- Phil
- Ms. Hayes
Quotes edit
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“The cop looks annoyed, like we're giving him a headache. I want to explain everything to him, show him that it's really not as screwed up as it all sounds, but then I remember that it is.”
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“"Just tell me you'll consider it." ¶ "That would be lying." ¶ "Since when do you have a problem lying to your mother?" ¶ I sigh. "I'll consider it." ¶ "That's all I ask," she lies back.”
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“Somewhere along the way, though, she discarded her sense of humor, probably because there would never be a test on it, and now her laughs are rare and her smiles often rushed and vaguely pained, which is a shame because she was a beautiful girl and smiling had always suited her when she was younger. She's still beautiful, but now it's the kind of beauty that comes with a barbed wire fence around it.”
Doug in reference to his sister Debbie -
“But Hailey said, "I don't want to go to my office." ¶ "So stay here," I said. ¶ "I should let you get back to work." ¶ "If you knew me, you'd know how ridiculous you just sounded."”
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“It wasn't just that she was too old for me; it was that she was too pretty, too sad, too wise, and altogether too worldly for someone like me.”
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“You see the people you love the way they are in your head, but every once in a while you accidentally catch a glimpse of them in real time, and in those split seconds, as your brain scrambles to adjust to the new reality, small things inside you swerve off the road and drive over cliffs, spinning and screaming all the way down.”
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“Pity, I've learned, is like a fart. You can tolerate your own, but you simply can't stand anyone else's.”
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jonathan Tropper (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 17, 2007
ISBN: 0385338902
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 17, 2007
ISBN: 0385338902
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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