**National Bestseller** **Best Book of the Year: NPR, Shelf Awareness** "I didn't know how much I needed a laugh until I began reading Stephen McCauley's new novel, _My Ex-Life_. This is the kind of witty, sparkling, sharp novel for which the verb 'chortle' was invented." --**Maureen Corrigan,***
My Ex-Life
β Scribed by McCauley, Stephen
- Book ID
- 109473740
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books, Macmillan
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 762 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781250122421
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β¦ Synopsis
David Hedgesβs life is coming apart at the seams. His job helping San Francisco rich kids get into the colleges of their (parentsβ) choice is exasperating; his younger boyfriend has left him; and the beloved carriage house he rents is being sold. His solace is a Thai takeout joint that delivers 24/7.
The last person he expects to hear from is Julie Fiske. Itβs been decades since theyβve spoken, and heβs relieved to hear sheβs recovered from her brief, misguided first marriage. To him.
Julie definitely doesnβt have a problem with marijuana (sheβs given it up completely, so it doesnβt matter if she gets stoned almost daily) and the Airbnb sheβs running out of her seaside house north of Boston is neither shabby nor illegal. And she has two whole months to come up with the money to buy said house from her second husband before their divorce is finalized. Sheβd just like Davidβs help organizing college plans for her 17-year-old daughter.
That would be Mandy. To...
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