Town House Contributor(s): Cohen, Tish (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061131318 ISBN-13: 9780061131318 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 Annotation: A hilarious and poignant debut novel of romance, fresh beginnings, and an unlikely hero faced with his greatest fear--stepping outside. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Humorous - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2006043638 |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.36" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 116395 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cohen, Tish: - TISH COHEN is the author of bestselling novels for adults and young readers, many of them in development for film. Her first novel, Town House, was a regional finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her more recent novel, The Truth About Delilah Blue, was a Globe and Mail Best Book. Cohen recently sold an original TV series to ABC/Corus Entertainment, and her short film, Russet Season, premiered at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival in 2017. She lives in Toronto and Creemore, Ontario, where she rides dressage, accompanied by a most inappropriate farm dog, her Standard Poodle, Gracie. Web: TishCohen.com
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