Publish Date |
October 18, 2016 |
Category |
Fiction / Literary Fiction / Romance / Contemporary |
Price |
$23.00 |
ISBN: 9781501103766
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: October 18, 2016
"This Was Not the Plan has everything I love in a story: wit; fresh, stunningly human characters; pitch-perfect sentences; piercing emotion; a big, gorgeous mess of a family; and a big, gorgeous heart. As soon as I finished, I wanted to read it again." —Marisa de los Santos, author of The Precious One"I love the writing of Cristina Alger. Her characters are complex and beautifully drawn. I lost myself in This Was Not the Plan."—Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Rumor"Note to reader: clear your schedule before you start this book, because you won't be doing anything else till you finish it." —Jeff Arch, screenwriter (“Sleepless in Seattle”)"With compassion and humor Cristina Alger delves into the lure of the 1%, while deftly exposing the cost that life exacts—a cost beyond price."
—Nicola Kraus, coauthor of The First Affair"A funny, bittersweet, and ultimately uplifting look at parenthood through the eyes of a single father. You won't just root for these characters—you'll fall in love with them."—Sarah Pekkanen, author of Things You Won’t Say"Alger’s (The Darlings) new novel of love, loss, and parenthood is readable and relatable...uplifting and memorable."“This Was Not the Plan proves a delightful read about parenting, love and plans gone awry.""[A] fast-paced, laugh-out-loud novel.”"A breezy, uplifting read.""Alger's darkly comic novel offers an engaging take on single parenthood from a man's viewpoint.""A big, heartfelt book that reads like your favorite sitcom....Charlie’s evolution to a secure, confident, stay-at-home dad is wonderfully satisfying, and he is as relatable as Will Freeman in Nick Hornby’s About a Boy.”"Cristina Alger invokes humor and heart with This Was Not the Plan."