The rave reviews just don't quit for Bainbridge Island's Jonathan Evison and his breakout debut novel All About Lulu. Don't miss the chance to come down to the store, get to know him a little, and begin to wrap your mind around All About Lulu. Jim Lynch is expected to attend, and if you so desire, you may also wrap your mind around local brewskis on us, courtesy of Fish Tale Brew Pub.

(from Publisher's Weekly):

Starred Review. Evison's debut—of love and loss, growing up, throwing
up and moving on—is a stunner. William Miller Jr. is a scrawny loner
whose mother dies of cancer when he is seven years old, leaving him an
awkward vegetarian with an ominously macho father and idiot twin
brothers in mid-1970s Santa Monica. William's father, Big Bill,
remarries a grief counselor named Willow, and Will spends the following
decades in love with Louisa (Lulu, as she prefers to be called), his
new stepsister. They are close throughout adolescence, but after a
summer at cheerleading camp, Lulu returns home distant and hostile,
leaving Will to pine for her in solitary desperation. Will finally
appears to be on the path to normalcy in the early 1990s when he lucks
into a radio talk-show hosting gig, but the stroke of good fortune is
short-lived, as he discovers things about Lulu he'd rather not know.
Evison provides readers a viciously funny and deeply felt portrayal of
a blended family and one man's thwarted longing.

All about Lulu (Paperback)

By Jonathan Evison

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9781593761967
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Soft Skull Press, 06/01/2008

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