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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 of The Book of Joe and Everything Changes tackles 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.

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  • "Tropper,Fast perfektes Leben"

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  • ""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 of The Book of Joe and Everything Changes tackles 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."@en
  • "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."
  • "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 her 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."@en
  • "Doug Parker is a 29-year-old widower living in the suburbs. His bossy, pregnant twin sister, who's now living with him, urges him to begin dating again. His younger sister is planning the perfect wedding, and his mother is trying to deal with her husband who seems to be losing his mind. And then there's teenage Russ, Doug's former stepson, who's furious that Doug has left him in the care of his estranged father. Before he knows it, Doug's new life has spun hopelessly out of control, leaving a trail of chaos and angry women in his wake. This book is a blend of family wit and pathos as Doug begins to understand he still has a lot of living to do."@en
  • "Twenty-nine-year-old widower Doug Parker struggles to come to terms with grief, love, and family while dealing with a bossy twin sister who urges him to begin dating again, a younger sister planning her wedding, and a hostile teenage stepson."
  • "Don't ask me how I'm doing - you are just being polite. And I might just tell you ... ' When Doug Parker married Hailey - beautiful, smart and ten years older - he left his carefree Manhattan life behind to live with her and her teenaged son, Russ. Three years on, Hailey has been dead for a year, and Doug, a widower at 29, just wants to drown in self-pity and Jack Daniels. But his family has other ideas ... Soon, Doug finds himself dealing with Russ going off the rails, a sexually frustrated housewife, and a twin sister intent on pimping him out to divorced women - all whilst reluctantly dipping his toes into the shark-infested waters of the second-time-around dating scene."

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  • "Juvenile works"
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  • "Domestic fiction"
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  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Motion pictures"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Leven na Hailey"
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  • "Mi vida sin Hailey"
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  • "Mein fast perfektes Leben Roman"
  • "Mein fast perfektes Leben"
  • "Jak hovořit s vdovcem"
  • "Kak obshchatʹsi︠a︡ s vdovt︠s︡om : roman"
  • "Jak rozmawiać z wdowcem"@pl
  • "Kako ulješiti udovea"
  • "Dopo di lei"
  • "Koka utješiti udovca"
  • "Dopo di lei"@it
  • "How to talk to a widower"@en
  • "How to talk to a widower"
  • "How to talk to a widower : a novel"@en
  • "How to talk to a widower ; Jonathan Tropper"
  • "Perte et fracas"
  • "Ekh le-daber ʻim alman"
  • "Как общаться с вдовцом : роман"
  • "How to talk to a widower : [a novel]"
  • "Mein fast perfektes Leben : Roman"
  • "איך לדבר עם אלמן"
  • "How to Talk to a Widower"

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