Wonder Bread Summer PB

"Picaresque, properly funny, unpredictable and altogether irrepressible." --Nick Hornby, The Believer

Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and Mary Jane, delivers a darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with The Wonder Bread Summer.

In The Wonder Bread Summer, loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, 20-year-old Allie Dodgson has adventures that rival those Alice had down the rabbit hole. Or those of Weeds' Nancy Botwin.

Allison is working at a dress shop to help pay for college. The dress shop turns out to be a front for drug dealers. And Allison ends up on the run--with a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine.

With a hit man after her, Allison wants the help of her parents. But there's a problem: Her mom took off when Allison was eight; her dad moves so often Allison that doesn't even have his phone number....

Set in 1980s California, The Wonder Bread Summer is a wickedly funny and fresh caper that's sure to please fans of Christopher Moore, Carl Hiaasen, and Marcy Dermansky.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 11/15/2018
ISBN: 9780062199553
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.27w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2013
Booklist 05/01/2013 pg. 69