If Jack's in Love
Stephen Wetta
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Every neighborhood has that house: The one with the broken down cars in the front yard; the one where the father is always out of work and starting fights with other dads;the one no one wants to go near. Twelve-year-old Jack Witcher lives in that house. And that's just where his problems begin. It is 1967 and Jack's father has lost his job, yet again. The war in Vietnam is perpetually on the news, and Jack is in love with a girl named Myra. But Myra's family is the opposite of Jack's. Her father is well dressed and well spoken. Her brother is the town's golden boy. Jack schemes to win Myra's love with the only person in town who will deign to be his friend, the town jeweler and sole Jew. But when Myra's brother goes missing, Jack's pot-smoking older brother becomes suspect number one...
Product Details
Price
$22.00
Publisher
Berkley / Nal
Publish Date
August 07, 2012
Pages
368
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.1 X 1.1 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780425247785
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About the Author
Stephen Wetta is a native of Richmond, Virginia. He received his bachelor's degree from Virginia Commenwealth University and his PhD from New York University. He is currently an English professor at Hunter College. If Jack's in Love is his first novel.
Reviews
"Terrific...you should read this wonderfully written marvel of a book: a work both gripping and hilarious, joyous and heartbreakingly bittersweet." --The Wall Street Journal "It took Stephen Wetta fifty-five years to write his promising first novel ... I only hope Mr. Wetta writes a little faster next time so I'll be around to say I told you so." --Pete Dexter "This is a lovely, passionate, and compelling ... a book you won't want to put down." --Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump "At turns unsparing, tender, and disturbing....intelligently, wonderfully conceived." --Publisher's Weekly, starred review "Heartfelt, heartbreaking, suspenseful, and riveting... The novel, full of beautifully realized characters and predicaments, gets everything exactly right." --Timothy Schaffert, award-winning author of The Coffins of Little Hope "I loved this novel! Like To Kill a Mockingbird, Whistling in the Dark... Jack Witcher will charm you, break your heart . . . surprise you on nearly every page ... [and] stay with you long after the final satisfying page." --Katrina Kittle, author of The Blessings of the Animals "A powerful story ... Wetta captures with great charm and grit the joys and aches of a first love complicated by social boundaries and familial expectations.... a fast-moving tale." --Lee Martin, author of The Bright Forever and Break the Skin
