quotBeautifully craftedquot quotFantastically funnyquot quotCompulsively readablequot Jonathan Tropper has earned wild acclaim-and comparisons to Nick Hornby and Tom Perrottafor 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 suburbsin a stunning novel that is by turns heartfelt and riotously funnyDoug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine and in his quiet suburban town that makes him something of a celebritythe object of sympathy curiosity and in some cases unbridled desire But Doug has other things on his mind First theres 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 Dougs sisters his bossy twin Clair whos just left he husband and moved in with Doug determined to rouse him from his Grieving stupor And Debbie whos engaged to Dougs ex-best friend and manically determined to pull off the perfect wedding at any costSoon Dougs 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 isnt 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.
