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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A stunning novel of love, loss - and a family which won't take no for an answer.
When Doug married Hailey - beautiful, smart and ten years older - he left his carefree Manhattan life to live in the suburbs with Hailey and her teenage son, Russ. Three years later, at 29, Doug has been a widower for twelve months and just wants to drown himself in self-pity and Jack Daniels. But his family has other ideas. . .
Russ is furious with Doug for not adopting him, and has fallen in with a bad crowd. Claire, Doug's irrepressible, pregnant twin sister, has left her husband and, uninvited, moved in with Doug. And their sister Debbie is determined to have the perfect wedding, at any cost.
Soon, Doug finds himself trying to forge a relationship with Russ, reconnect with his own eccentric family, and reluctantly edges back into the complicated world of dating. . .
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Praise for How To Talk To A Widower
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It's a wise-cracking, darkly comic tale, yet beneath its raucous plot lies a heartfelt meditation on love and loss. - Daily Mail
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Humorous...but also poignant and moving -- I had tears in my eyes on more than one occasion. - The Bookseller
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Jonathan Tropper
Jonathan Tropper was born and raised in Riverdale, New York. He attended the creative writing program at New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science, where he received a Masters degree. He is the New York Times bestselling author of five previous novels: PLAN B, THE BOOK OF JOE, EVERYTHING CHANGES, HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER, and THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He is also a screenwriter and the cocreator and executive producer of the HBO/Cinemax television series Banshee, premiering in 2013. . He lives with his wife and children in Westchester, NY, and teaches writing at Manhattanville College.
Visit his website at: www.jonathantropper.com.
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