{"product_id":"everything-happens-today-9781609450519","title":"Everything Happens Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stupendous, thought-provoking, devilishly delicious novel that reads like Zen koan meets \u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Highly recommended\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverything Happens Today\u003c\/em\u003e records a single day in the life of Wes, a seventeen-year-old who attends Manhattan's elite Dalton School and lives in Greenwich Village in a dilapidated town house with his terminally ill mother, distant father, and beloved younger sister. In the course of one day everything will happen to Wes: he will lose his virginity to the wrong girl and break his own heart, try to meet a Monday morning deadline for a paper on \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, and prepare an elaborate supper he hopes will reunite his family. Wes struggles through the day deep in thoughts of sex, love, Beatles lyrics, friendship, God, and French cuisine--a typical teenager with an atypical mind, a memorable young man who comes to the poignant understanding of how fragile but attainable personal happiness can be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deeply compassionate novel by a very fine writer.\" --Joseph O'Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eNetherland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609450519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jesse Browner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40648955756725,"sku":"9781609450519","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_309f05f8-cbd0-4f0c-87aa-4cc731ffe1ec.jpg?v=1627962975","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/everything-happens-today-9781609450519","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}