<![CDATA[How to Talk to a Widower]]>

false <![CDATA[How to Talk to a Widower]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173052631m/242157.jpg 242157 25 "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. 2948287 17 7 2007 How to Talk to a Widower total:836|5:206|4:366|3:214|2:35|1:11| 836 3233 1216 215 5 2 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 18:31:18 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 16:09:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 08:08:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 06:14:54 -0700 2008
And while much of Doug's world is defined by his depression and anger over losing Hayley, i...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 01 10:00:37 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:31:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue May 01 10:43:17 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 13:02:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 07:01:34 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 14 16:14:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 11:37:58 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 15:31:10 -0800 2007
A fan of Nick Hornby's work I was curious to pick up another male authors book that fits the "women's fiction" category. The story is about a yo...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 07:45:04 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 10:22:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 20:33:46 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 22:23:52 -0700 2008 Doug is in his 20's and marries a women about 11 years older than he is (her name is Hailey, spelled the same as my daughter) with a teena...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 05:45:02 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 08:23:55 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 04 18:27:23 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 10:46:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 06 16:30:15 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 16:31:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 23 22:36:21 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 23:04:33 -0800 2008 Many more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 08 18:55:09 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:56:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 10:04:18 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 12:42:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 23 08:56:57 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 09:07:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 08:06:51 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 08:07:29 -0800 2009 1 gar nichts für mich war. Ich weiß auch nicht. In letzter Zeit erwische ich immer Bücher, die mir nicht wirklich viel geben.

Irgendwie war es für mich so ähnlich wie bei “Die Monster von Templeton”: Es war ganz gut zu lesen und ich wollte irgendwie ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 06:58:28 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 04:31:42 -0700 2009 1
From the plot synopsis or even from the title, you might think this to be a depressing, soppy ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 23 09:08:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 05:33:17 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 23 09:41:43 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:04:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 17:49:21 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 18:21:52 -0700 2009
Jonathan Tropper was unknown to me until recently, when I read a review that called his work "too good to miss." The titles gave me the idea that he was writing exclusively for men, but I don't like to miss out on something good, so I put ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=242157