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This is just exactly like you a novel

"Richly imagined, beautifully written, and completely absorbing. I found myself spellbound, turning pages well past my bedtime. What a fine, fine book." -Tim O'Brien After Jack Lang impulsively buys the house directly across the street from his own, his wife, Beth, has finally had enough. She leaves him- and their six-year-old autistic son, Hendrick-for Jack's best friend, Terry Canavan. Jack tries telling everyone he's okay, but even he's not so sure. When Hendrick, who rarely talks, starts speaking in fluent Spanish, Jack knows he's in uncharted territory. But once Canavan's ex- girlfriend Rena turns up at his door to see how things are going, Jack begins to suspect the world could be far more complicated than he'd ever believed. Set against a landscape of defunct putt-putt courses and karaoke bars, parenthood and infidelity, This Is Just Exactly Like You is a wise and witty debut novel with captivating insights into marriage, autism, suburban fiasco, and life's occasional miracles.

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  • "When his wife leaves him for his best friend after an impulsive real estate purchase, Jack Lang puts on a brave face that nobody believes, a situation that is complicated by his autistic son's sudden manifestation of Spanish-language fluency."
  • ""Richly imagined, beautifully written, and completely absorbing. I found myself spellbound, turning pages well past my bedtime. What a fine, fine book." -Tim O'Brien After Jack Lang impulsively buys the house directly across the street from his own, his wife, Beth, has finally had enough. She leaves him- and their six-year-old autistic son, Hendrick-for Jack's best friend, Terry Canavan. Jack tries telling everyone he's okay, but even he's not so sure. When Hendrick, who rarely talks, starts speaking in fluent Spanish, Jack knows he's in uncharted territory. But once Canavan's ex- girlfriend Rena turns up at his door to see how things are going, Jack begins to suspect the world could be far more complicated than he'd ever believed. Set against a landscape of defunct putt-putt courses and karaoke bars, parenthood and infidelity, This Is Just Exactly Like You is a wise and witty debut novel with captivating insights into marriage, autism, suburban fiasco, and life's occasional miracles."@en
  • "In this darkly humorous debut novel of suburban survival and life's occasional miracles, Perry offers fresh and funny insights into marriage, autism, parenthood, and suburban ennui."@en
  • "In this darkly humorous debut novel of suburban survival and life's occasional miracles, Perry offers fresh and funny insights into marriage, autism, parenthood, and suburban ennui."
  • ""When Jack Lang impulsively buys a second house directly across the street from his own, his wife, Beth, leaves him--and their six-year-old autistic son, Hendrick--to move in with Jack's best friend, Terry Canavan. Jack tells everyone in his life he's okay, but no one believes him. Not his employees at Patriot Mulch & Tree in suburban North Carolina, not Beth herself, and not Canavan's estranged girlfriend Rena, who arrives on Jack's doorstep to see how, and whether, he's bearing up"--Page 4 of cover."@en

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  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
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  • "Fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

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