The Wonder Bread Summer: A Darkly Funny, Heartbreaking Coming-of-Age Caper - College Student on the Run in 80s California (P.S.)

ISBN: 0062199552

Author: Blau, Jessica Anya

Condition: New

Picaresque, properly funny, unpredictable and altogether irrepressible. -Nick Hornby, The BelieverJessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and Mary Jane, delivers a darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with The Wonder Bread Summer.In The Wonder Bread Summer, loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, 20-year-old Allie Dodgson has adventures that rival those Alice had down the rabbit hole. Or those of Weeds Nancy Botwin.Allison is working at a dress shop to help pay for college. The dress shop turns out to be a front for drug dealers. And Allison ends up on the run-with a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine.With a hit man after her, Allison wants the help of her parents. But theres a problem: Her mom took off when Allison was eight; her dad moves so often Allison that doesnt even have his phone number.Set in 1980s California, The Wonder Bread Summer is a wickedly funny and fresh caper thats sure to please fans of Christopher Moore, Carl Hiaasen, and Marcy Dermansky.