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Raising Jake
By: Charlie CarilloImprint: Kensington
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The best kind of journey, one you don't want to end...funny, moving.â¿¿Mike Lupica, New York Times bestselling author of Heat
In Charlie Carillo's funny, insightful novel, a divorced man gets to know his seventeen-year-old son in a tale that rewrites the book on quality time together. . .
Sammy Sullivan is working his way down the ladder of success. Divorced and pushing fifty, his relationships have the longevity of a fruit fly. But how many men can get themselves fired and have their only son expelled from prep school all in one day? Now, after almost eighteen years, he and Jake may finally get to know each other. (That's if his ex-wife--the super-achiever Sammy can only dream of being--doesn't find out.) Jake knows virtually nothing about his roots. So, Sammy shows him the old neighborhood in the far reaches of Queens. But it's been thirty years. The older woman Sammy lost his virginity to now uses a walker to get around. Most of his hangouts are long gone. It's dreary, born-to-lose stuff. But Jake is on a mission. Wise beyond his (and his dad's) years, he doesn't want his father to miss out the second time around on the good things he blew the first time. And they've got a whole weekend together--a journey where Sammy will confront his, dysfunctional childhood and Jake will face a past he never knew he had.
This isn't your typical father-son story--one is still growing up. The other is his son.
"In the tradition of Tom Perotta, Carillo explores the strength of the family bond, the power of forgiveness, and the hope that comes from embracing second chances. . .truthful, and hilarious."--Alison Grambs, author of The Smart Girls Guide to Getting Even
"I don't like funny, touching novels because they make me wish I'd written them myself. I enjoyed Charlie Carillo's book from beginning to end and now I'm miserable."--Sherwood Kiraly, author of Diminished Capacity
"A literary romp through the minefields of a totally normal, and totally abnormal, family. . . I actually laughed out loud and kept turning the pages to make absolutely sure that all worked out at the end."--Cathy Lamb, author of Henry's Sisters
"Scathingly hilarious and truthful."--Sally Jenkins
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| Title of eBook: Raising Jake | |
| Release Date: 09-01-2009 | |
| Publisher: Kensington |
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| Parent title | Raising Jake |
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| Encrypted (DRM) | Yes |
| SKU | 9780758248299 |
| File size | 1482 |
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Raising Jake
Chapter One
It's the first phone call from my son's school that I've ever gotten at work, and of course I immediately think the worst. I'm a divorced father who catches glimpses of his seventeen-year-old son on weekends, snapshots of his life ever since I split from his mother, and suddenly my guts go into free fall with the knowledge that anything, absolutely anything could have happened to him. Failing grades. A drug habit. A fatal overdose. Whatever it is it's my fault, entirely my fault for not being around.These jolly possibilities shoot through my brain in less time than it takes to sneeze. If they ever have a Guilt Olympics, I'll carry the torch at the opening ceremonies.
The caller identifies himself as the headmaster, and I can feel sweat breaking out along my hairline. This is the guy who writes letters to me and the rest of the parents, asking for contributions to fill in the "gaps" not covered by tuition payments. Those payments come to about twenty-four thousand dollars a year, two grand per month, including February, which has just twenty-eight days. I've always been proud of myself for never writing a contribution check, not once, not ever. I probably wouldn't have written the tuition checks, either, except that those payments are part of my divorce agreement, and if I miss one I'm in court, and as much as I hate writing a tuition check, it beats the hell out of writing a check to a lawyer.
That's not quite true. The truth is that unless my kid goes to private school, he'll wind up in a school where he has to pass through a metal detector every day, and who wants that for their child? Like so many parents t
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