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This Was Not the Plan
Cristina Alger
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Description for This Was Not the Plan
Paperback. From the acclaimed author of The Darlings comes an incisive, hilarious, and tender exploration of fatherhood, love, and family life through the story of a widower who has to become the father he didn't know he could be. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 297.
Charlie Goldwyn’s life hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. Widowerhood at thirty-three and twelve-hour workdays have left a gap in his relationship with his quirky five-year-old son, Caleb, whose obsession with natural disasters and penchant for girls’ clothing have made him something of a loner at his preschool. The only thing Charlie has going for him is his job at a prestigious law firm, where he is finally close to becoming a partner.
But when a slight lapse in judgment at an office party leaves him humiliatingly unemployed, stuck at home with Caleb for the summer, and forced to face his own estranged father, Charlie starts to realize that there’s more to fatherhood than financially providing for his son, and more to being a son than overtaking his father’s successes.
But when a slight lapse in judgment at an office party leaves him humiliatingly unemployed, stuck at home with Caleb for the summer, and forced to face his own estranged father, Charlie starts to realize that there’s more to fatherhood than financially providing for his son, and more to being a son than overtaking his father’s successes.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781501103766
SKU
V9781501103766
Shipping Time
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99-15
About Cristina Alger
Cristina Alger is a lifelong New Yorker and bestselling author of The Darlings, This Was Not the Plan, The Banker's Wife, and Girls Like Us. A graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School, she worked as a financial analyst and a corporate attorney before becoming a writer. She lives in New York with her husband and children and is at work on her next novel.
Reviews for This Was Not the Plan
"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."
Publishers Weekly
“This Was Not the Plan proves a delightful read about parenting, love and plans gone awry."
Associated Press
"[A] fast-paced, laugh-out-loud novel.”
San Francisco Chronicle
"A breezy, uplifting read."
Booklist
"Alger's darkly comic novel offers an engaging take on single parenthood from a man's viewpoint."
Library Journal
"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.”
Bookpage
"Cristina Alger invokes humor and heart with This Was Not the Plan."
Watch Magazine
Publishers Weekly
“This Was Not the Plan proves a delightful read about parenting, love and plans gone awry."
Associated Press
"[A] fast-paced, laugh-out-loud novel.”
San Francisco Chronicle
"A breezy, uplifting read."
Booklist
"Alger's darkly comic novel offers an engaging take on single parenthood from a man's viewpoint."
Library Journal
"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.”
Bookpage
"Cristina Alger invokes humor and heart with This Was Not the Plan."
Watch Magazine