Everywhere She's Not
David is a brilliant young man living alone in an old seaside motel in San Francisco in 1979.
He has just destroyed the life that he and his live-in girlfriend Kate spent two years building together.
He has no idea why he did the terrible thing he did. All he knows is that he's appalled he did it, and desperately wants Kate back.
Fat chance. Kate, who loves David, is many things. Stupid isn't one of them.
Everywhere She's Not is about crazy-making, mind-boggling, gut-wrenching love. It's about how ultimately rewarding it can be to keep hoping, even when you know there's no hope at all.
It's about passing through locked motel doors, travel brochures for ax-murderers, Cornish game hens playing lawn darts.
It's about helping your best friend, who is gay, pretend that he isn't gay, so that his ex-wife won't take away his child visitation rights.
It's about David Allen Finch finally facing the truth of who his family is, and what they've made him become--and what, if anything, he can do about that.
Earn by promoting books
Earn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program.
Become an affiliate
"It's not easy to tell a story that is filled with hilarious humor, the pangs of love lost, excruciatingly sad family life and deep, deep inner circumspection that ultimately uplifts your soul, but John has done just that. I highly recommend you read this book; you will thank me later." -- Jon Mayes, Advance Reading Copy
"Deeply engrossing . . . a highly satisfying reading experience. . . Shore's prose is nearly transparent--which is extremely high praise. The writing is so stylistically on target that the language itself falls away, allowing the reader to enter into the subtleties of the story completely. . . . Shore's protagonist is authentically funny and rawly sympathetic. . . . This novel stands apart for its originality. It is a testament to the notion that the strongest works are often those with simple storylines, exceptionally told." -- The BookLife Prize (2019)
"With masterful prose, pitch-perfect dialogue, and laugh-out-loud humor, Shore has crafted an engrossing story of human fallibility, family wounds, and the redemptive power of self-discovery. Both heart-rending and hilarious, Everywhere She's Not will resonate deeply with anyone who's ever struggled to understand their past or find their truest self." -- Erica Witsell, author of the novel, Give.
"Shore's territory is the daily, personal challenges of how we live. He traces the very real, very emotional lives of ordinary people who are just trying to keep up--with, often, their own hearts." -- Bruce Steele, The Asheville Citizen-Times
A powerfully compelling introspective look at life . . . The wrecked persona of David is beautifully achieved through narrative intimacy, stellar descriptive work and compelling dialogue . . . Everywhere She's Not is a harrowing and fascinating novel -- K.C. Finn, for Readers' Favorite
"I just couldn't put it down. A couple of times I really had to stop and walk away from it--it was that honest, raw and painful. I wish I could give a copy to every struggling person I know, grab them by the lapels, and say, Read! Read!" -- Mary L. Harper, Current Literature Book Club.
Praise for N. John Shore, Jr:
"John Shore is a remarkably gifted writer." -- Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean (the inaugural novel of Oprah's Book Club), and Two If By Sea.
"N. John Shore, Jr., the legitimate son of Kurt Vonnegut and Dave Barry, writes with great energy and humor." -- Richard Lederer, Anguished English, The Miracle of Language
"N. John Shore, Jr. is one of those rare writers who can make people laugh and think at the same time." -- Richard Louv, author of international bestseller, Last Child in the Woods
"John Shore's unique style is a delight to read--a literary feast!" -- Michael Flachmann, author of Beware the Cat: The First English Novel
"What a funny, bright writer this man is!" -- Judy Reeves, A Writer's Book of Days; Wild Women, Wild Voices
