How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets: Library Edition

Stein, Garth

ISBN 10: 1455800376 ISBN 13: 9781455800377

Publisher: Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, 2011

Evan had a hit single, but that was ten years ago. Thirty-one now, he’s drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged men to coax music from an electric guitar.When his high school sweetheart is killed in a car crash, he finds himself suddenly responsible for a resentful fourteen-year-old son he’s never known. Now Evan must get his life together and face up to the burning secret that haunts him.Praise for How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets“Captivating, moving, and always observant ... a wonderful, beautiful book; I will never forget it!”—Ben Sherwood, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud“Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings.... I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for Stein’s latest work. Encore!”—Seattle Times“A funny, bewitching, observant book about families, fathers and sons, and growing up, no matter how old you are.”—Oregonian“A compelling tale.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer“An engrossing family drama.”—Publishers Weekly

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Review

Praise for "How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets"

"Funny, bewitching, observant."
--"The Oregonian"

"Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings ... I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for [Garth] Stein's latest work. Encore!"
--"Seattle Times"

"Compelling."
--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer"

"Stein handles the many narrative elements deftly."
--"Seattle Weekly"

A BookSense pick * Winner of a Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award

"A funny, bewitching, observant book about families, fathers and sons, and growing up, no matter how old you are."--"The Oregonian "

"A beautifully un-shiny novel of passion, forgiveness and the life force that is fatherhood."--PNBA Awards Committee

"Captivating, moving, and always observant ... a wonderful, beautiful book; I will never forget it!"--Ben Sherwood, author "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud "

"A compelling tale."--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer "

"An engrossing family drama."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for Stein's latest work. Encore!"--"The Seattle Times"

Praise for "How Evan Broke His Head"

A BookSense pick * Winner of a Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award

"A funny, bewitching, observant book about families, fathers and sons, and growing up, no matter how old you are."
--"The Oregonian "

"A beautifully un-shiny novel of passion, forgiveness and the life force that is fatherhood."
--PNBA Awards Committee

"Captivating, moving, and always observant ... a wonderful, beautiful book; I will never forget it!"
--Ben Sherwood, author of "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud"

"A compelling tale."
--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer "

"An engrossing family drama."
--"Publishers Weekly"

"Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for Stein's latest work. Encore!"
--"The Seattle Times"

Praise for "How Evan Broke His Head"
A BookSense pick * Winner of a Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award
A funny, bewitching, observant book about families, fathers and sons, and growing up, no matter how old you are.
"The Oregonian "
A beautifully un-shiny novel of passion, forgiveness and the life force that is fatherhood.
PNBA Awards Committee
Captivating, moving, and always observant ... a wonderful, beautiful book; I will never forget it!
Ben Sherwood, authorof"The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud "
A compelling tale.
"Seattle Post-Intelligencer "
An engrossing family drama.
"Publishers Weekly"
Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for Stein s latest work. Encore!
"The Seattle Times""

Praise for How Evan Broke His Head
A BookSense pick * Winner of a Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award
"A funny, bewitching, observant book about families, fathers and sons, and growing up, no matter how old you are."
--The Oregonian
"A beautifully un-shiny novel of passion, forgiveness and the life force that is fatherhood."
--PNBA Awards Committee
"Captivating, moving, and always observant ... a wonderful, beautiful book; I will never forget it!"
--Ben Sherwood, author of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
"A compelling tale."
--Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"An engrossing family drama."
--Publishers Weekly
"Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for Stein's latest work. Encore!"
--The Seattle Times

Praise for How Evan Broke His Head

A BookSense pick * Winner of a Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award

"A funny, bewitching, observant book about families, fathers and sons, and growing up, no matter how old you are."
--The Oregonian

"A beautifully un-shiny novel of passion, forgiveness and the life force that is fatherhood."
--PNBA Awards Committee

"Captivating, moving, and always observant ... a wonderful, beautiful book; I will never forget it!"
--Ben Sherwood, author of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

"A compelling tale."
--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"An engrossing family drama."
--Publishers Weekly

"Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for Stein's latest work. Encore!"
--The Seattle Times

About the Author

Garth Stein is the author of two other novels, the worldwide bestseller The Art of Racing in the Rain, now published in 30 languages, and Raven Stole the Moon, as well as a play, Brother Jones. He lives in Seattle with his wife, three sons, and their dog, Comet.

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