How to Talk to a Widower
Author: Jonathan Tropper
“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 stunn….Read More
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