The Book of Joe: A Novel

ISBN: 0385338104

Author: Tropper, Jonathan

Condition: New

A man must return to the hometown he disowned in this sweet, deft, and sentimental coming-of-age-at-34 story (New York Daily News) from the New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where I Leave YouAn elegiac, wickedly observant look at a small town and its secrets.-Tom Perrotta, author of Mrs. FletcherFifteen years after leaving Sleepy Bush Falls, Connecticut, Joe Goffman wrote a savage bestselling novel about his hometown. The book went on to become a hit movie, making Joe a pariah in the Falls, which was fine with him, since he never planned on going back. But when a family tragedy strikes, Joe is left with no choice. His return ignites a maelstrom of hostility among the towns still enraged residents.As Joe walks the familiar streets of his childhood, he revisits the terrible events of his senior year in high school, and the heartbreak and catastrophe from which hes never fully recovered. After almost two decades of hiding it, Joe will finally have to face his troubled past and start mending fences with family, onetime schoolmates, and a former love. And with the help of some old friends, Joe might actually learn something-if he manages to live through the homecoming.