{"product_id":"kids-these-days-9781616201715","title":"Kids These Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Drew Perry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book is so funny and engaging that I was reading it and forgot to pick up my kids.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Tom Franklin, author of \u003ci\u003eCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A timely look at contemporary America . . . Readers of Nick Hornby, Dave Eggers, and Jonathan Tropper should enjoy this compelling novel.\" \u003ci\u003e--Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drew Perry does some amazing things in this wonderfully funny novel, not least of which is the way he so skillfully frames the uncertainty of parenthood against the larger uncertainty of simply living in these strange times. This is an astonishing book.\" --Kevin Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Family Fang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter and Alice are expecting their first baby, but their timing is a bit off: Walter, once a successful loan officer, has been unexpectedly downsized.They've had to relocate to Florida so that they can live rent-free--in Alice's deceased aunt's condo. When Alice's brother-in-law Mid offers Walter a job, he literally can't refuse. But what he doesn't know--about the nature of the job, about the depth of Mid's shady dealings, about what he's really supposed to be doing--far outweighs what he does know. And soon enough, things escalate so out of control that Walter is riding shotgun with Mid in a bright yellow Camaro--chased by the police.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrew Perry paints a landscape of weird and beautiful Florida and its inhabitants--all wholly original and hilarious, and utterly believable. And at the center is a portrait of a father-to-be who is paralyzed by the idea of taking responsibility for another human life when he can't seem to manage his own. \u003ci\u003eKids These Days\u003c\/i\u003e takes perfect aim at the two sides of impending fatherhood--abject terror and unconditional love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThis Is Just Exactly Like You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richly imagined, beautifully written, and completely absorbing . . . What a fine, fine book.\" --Tim O'Brien, winner of the National Book Award and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] precision portrait of men, women, marriage, parenthood, and love . . . It's difficult to come across a sentence, let alone a word, that doesn't smack tone-perfect and also refreshingly colloquial, candid, real.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354636476567,"sku":"9781616201715","price":847.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781616201715.webp?v=1767669873","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/kids-these-days-9781616201715","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}