Fathers never forget seeing their kids for the first time. But Evan is greeting his son, Dean, fourteen years late. The boy had been shuttled secretly to another city, along with his teenaged mother, while still a newborn. Now his mother has passed away, and Evan is it - Dad. An instant single parent.
Instead of smiles and gurgles, Dean is full of snarls and resentment. Little wonder. So Evan must win over his teenaged child or forever suffer the guilt of having failed his son. In the process, he has to contend with his own uptight Anglo-Saxon paterfamilias. Also his chosen work - rock musician.
Evan, thirty-one, is the one-time lead guitarist for a hot group with a hit single. Except that was then, this is now. At present, he is a sometime guitar instructor for middle-aged guys trying to coax funky sounds from their electrics. Or else doing menial work in a music shop. Hardly the stuff of dreams or success.
Dean changes everything. Evan can't keep drifting now that he's a responsible father. He will have to do something about his life if he's going to provide for the two of them. Partly it will mean facing his own father, at long last. Mostly it means facing up to himself and a nagging, burning issue that is like a hole in his soul - the epilepsy that haunts him and threatens his every moment.
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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
Garth Stein, a former documentary filmmaker, was co-producer of an Academy Award-winning short film. He is the author of the #1 bestselling The Art of Racing in the Rain and Raven Stole the Moon. He lives in Seattle with his wife and children.
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