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A side-splitting and heartbreaking tale, soon to be a major Hollywood movie starring Tina Fey, Connie Britton and Jason Bateman.

Right after high school, Joe Goffman left sleepy Bush Falls, Connecticut and never looked back. Then he wrote a novel savaging everything in town, a novel that became a national bestseller and a huge hit movie. Fifteen years later, Joe is struggling to avoid the sophomore slump with his next novel when he gets a call: his father's had a stroke, so it's back to Bush Falls for the town's most famous pariah. His brother avoids him, his former cla...

Joe hat es geschafft. Er hat nicht nur seine spießige Heimat verlassen und ist nach New York gegangen, er hat auch einen Bestseller geschrieben - einen bitterbösen Roman über seine Jugend, seine Heimatstadt und dessen Bewohner. Nie mehr wollte er einen Fuß nach Bush Falls setzen. Doch als sein Vater schwer erkrankt, kehrt Joe zurück in die gefürchtete Kleinstadthölle, in der er alles andere als herzlich empfangen wird.

Following the "New York Times"-bestseller "This Is Where I Leave You, " Tropper's latest novel is a moving, funny look at one broken family's attempt to reconnect--without destroying each other in the process.

Drew Silver hat die Nase voll von seinem Leben. Nachdem ihn seine Frau verlassen hat, seine Tochter nichts von ihrem nutzlosen Vater wissen will und seine Karriere als gefeierter Rockstar ewig lange her ist, kommt ihm das akute Aneurysma gerade recht, und er beschließt: Ich lasse mich nicht operieren. Doch die Rechnung hat er ohne sein Herz gemacht. Im Gegensatz zu seiner Arterie funktioniert es nämlich einwandfrei und will allen beweisen, das...

The bestselling author of This Is Where I Leave You returns with a hilarious and heart-rending tale about one familiy's struggle to reconnect. "Mistakes have been made." Drew Silver has begun to accept that life isn't going to turn out as he expected. His fleeting fame as the drummer for a one-hit wonder rock band is nearly a decade behind him. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey has ju...

The acclaimed author of "The Book of Joe" and "Everything Changes" tackles love, lust, and loss in the suburbs in a stunning novel that is by turns heartfelt and riotously funny. Unabridged. 8 CDs.

Vivere in un residence per uomini divorziati e depressi non è quello che Drew Silver si aspettava dalla vita. Nell'edificio grigio, con stanze dall'arredamento tutto uguale, aleggia una patetica solidarietà maschile. Drew passa le sue giornate tra le anonime - ma ben pagate - donazioni alla banca del seme e le innumerevoli bevute di birra con gli amici. Per un uomo di quarantaquattro anni, ex musicista in una rock band di successo, questo pres...

Tropper's novel "The Book of Joe" dazzled critics and readers alike with its heartfelt blend of humor and pathos. In "Everything Changes, " the author delivers a touching, wickedly funny new tale about love, loss, and the perils of a well-planned life.

Alcune famiglie possono diventare tossiche, se ci si sottopone a prolungata esposizione. E la famiglia Foxman, in particolare, può raggiungere un livello di tossicità letale. Ecco cosa sta pensando il trentenne Judd Foxman mentre, di fronte al suo piatto di salmone e patate, cerca di estraniarsi dalle urla dei nipotini. Il telefono del cognato non smette mai di squillare, la sorella non fa che scoccargli frecciatine acide, in combutta con il f...

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Nella vita di Zachary King, trentaduenne newyorkese, nulla è lasciato al caso: il lavoro, fisso e ben retribuito, il lussuoso appartamento nell'Upper West Side di Manhattan, il fidanzamento imminente con la splendida e ricca Hope. Non importa se non tutto è proprio perfetto. Se Zack detesta il suo lavoro, se ogni giorno pensa a Tamara, la giovane vedova del suo migliore amico, o se il suo eccentrico coinquilino passa le giornate a girare nudo ...

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Stravaccato sul divano, addormentato per metà, sempre ubriaco, intento a non fare nulla tutto il giorno: è questa l'occupazione principale di Doug Parker, ventinove anni, da quando ha perso la moglie Hailey, precipitata con un aereo in Colorado. Doug non ne vuole sapere di riprendere a scrivere la rubrica per il suo giornale, dedicata ai pettegolezzi di Hollywood, e lo irritano tutte le attenzioni della gente, tranne forse quelle della sensual...

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Ten years ago, Ben, Lindsey, Chuck, Alison, and Jack graduated from NYU, now they're facing divorce, unemployment, boredom, and even drug addiction. It seems the one thing they've learned in the last 10 years is that nothing turns out the way they planned.

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A resigned yet hopeful examination of grief with a side of human absurdity . . . warm and modestly knowing, with a wisecracking slacker hero."-Kirkus Reviews Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet town, that makes him the object of sympathy, curiosity, and in some cases even unbridled desire. But Doug has more urgent things on his mind, such as his sixteen-year-old stepson, Russ, a once-sweet kid who is now getting into ...

The acclaimed author of "The Book of Joe" and "Everything Changes" tackles love, lust, and loss in the suburbs in a stunning novel that is by turns heartfelt and riotously funny. Abridged. 5 CDs.