The Resource Kids these days : a novel, Drew Perry
Kids these days : a novel, Drew Perry
Resource Information
The item Kids these days : a novel, Drew Perry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Kids these days : a novel, Drew Perry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- In the spirit of Jonathan Tropper and Kevin Wilson, Drew Perry takes aim at the two sides of a man's impending fatherhood'abject terror and unconditional love. Walter and Alice are expecting their first baby, but their timing is a bit off: Alice has quit her job, and Walter, once a successful loan officer, has been unexpectedly downsized. They've had to relocate to Florida to live rent-free in Alice's deceased aunt's condo, and when Alice's brother-in-law Mid offers Walter a job, he can't refuse. But the things he doesn't know'about Mid's murky dealings and the secret arrangements of his shady small-business empire'are beginning to unnerve him. Tensions escalate until the day Mid's mysteriously procured bright yellow Camaro becomes the object of a police chase'with Walter riding shotgun.'' ' Drew Perry paints a landscape of weird, strange, beautiful Florida and its inhabitants'all wholly original, hilarious, and utterly believable. And at the center is a wonderfully sensitive portrait of a father-to-be who is filled with trepidation, paralyzed by the thought of taking responsibility for another human life when he won't even take responsibility for his own. Kids These Days is a novel about a man who finally grows up'and just in time
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Isbn
- 9781616203481
- Label
- Kids these days : a novel
- Title
- Kids these days
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Drew Perry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the spirit of Jonathan Tropper and Kevin Wilson, Drew Perry takes aim at the two sides of a man's impending fatherhood'abject terror and unconditional love. Walter and Alice are expecting their first baby, but their timing is a bit off: Alice has quit her job, and Walter, once a successful loan officer, has been unexpectedly downsized. They've had to relocate to Florida to live rent-free in Alice's deceased aunt's condo, and when Alice's brother-in-law Mid offers Walter a job, he can't refuse. But the things he doesn't know'about Mid's murky dealings and the secret arrangements of his shady small-business empire'are beginning to unnerve him. Tensions escalate until the day Mid's mysteriously procured bright yellow Camaro becomes the object of a police chase'with Walter riding shotgun.'' ' Drew Perry paints a landscape of weird, strange, beautiful Florida and its inhabitants'all wholly original, hilarious, and utterly believable. And at the center is a wonderfully sensitive portrait of a father-to-be who is filled with trepidation, paralyzed by the thought of taking responsibility for another human life when he won't even take responsibility for his own. Kids These Days is a novel about a man who finally grows up'and just in time
- Cataloging source
- RECBK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Perry, Drew
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3616.E7929
- LC item number
- K53 2014
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Life change events
- Fatherhood
- Parenting
- FICTION / General
- Florida
- Label
- Kids these days : a novel, Drew Perry
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- ocn863518421
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781616203481
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- EB00009177
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- D3499EAC-F743-4BF9-9C11-1CF7D41F7B14
- Label
- Kids these days : a novel, Drew Perry
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- ocn863518421
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781616203481
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- EB00009177
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- D3499EAC-F743-4BF9-9C11-1CF7D41F7B14
Library Locations
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