Town House

Jack Madigan should be leading an enviable life. He's the sole heir of a '70s rock icon. He lives with his retro-obsessed teenage son, Harlan, in a once-magnificent Boston town house. But now 36, Jack's painting career is buckling under a raging case of agoraphobia. And when the foreclosure notice arrives, Jack must face losing the only home he's ever known--and his only safe zone. When Jack's ex-wife announces that Harlan would be better off living with her and her vitamin-enriched fianc , Jack has to figure out how to deter the perky, inexperienced real-estate agent, hold on to his house, keep his son at home, and--through the tenacity of the little girl next door--finally step out onto the sidewalk.

Fox 2000 swooped in to pre-empt the film rights while Town House was still on submission to publishers. Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions is set to produce the movie and Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter Doug Wright (Memoirs of a Geisha) is adapting the screenplay. A book with the ability to both entertain and move us, Town House is a smart, acerbic novel bursting with heart and quirky charm.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 01/30/2018
ISBN: 9780061131318
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.36w x 0.77d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/05/2007 pg. 39
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2007 pg. 185
Booklist 04/01/2007 pg. 26
School Library Journal 07/01/2007 pg. 129

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 116395 / Town House: A Novel
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13