How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets

How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets Synopsis

A struggling musician suddenly finds himself father to a teenage boy, in this ';compelling' novel by the author of The Art of Racing in the Rain (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). Fathers never forget seeing their kids for the first time. But Evan is greeting his son, Dean, fourteen years late. Dean's mother ran off to another city long agoand now that she's passed away, Dean has arrived in Seattle. Evan becomes a single parent in an instant. Back in the day, he was lead guitarist for a hot band with a hit single. At thirty-one, he gets by as a guitar instructor to middle-aged guys, and does menial work in a music shop. He also struggles with his feelings about being viewed as a slacker by his heart-surgeon dad and his successful-lawyer brotheras well as with the epilepsy that could cause a seizure at any moment. Now, with Dean in the picture, some things are going to have to changeand both of them will have some growing up to doin this ';engrossing family drama' from the New York Timesbestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain and A Sudden Light (Publishers Weekly). Bonus content: Incudes a conversation between Garth and his editor, Bryan Devendorf, drummer for The National

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