Thanks for the Trouble

Thanks for the Trouble

Tommy Wallach, the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the “stunning debut” (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review) <i>We All Looked Up</i>, delivers a brilliant new novel about a young man who overcomes a crippling loss and finds the courage to live after meeting an enigmatic girl.<BR><BR><i>“Was this story written about me?”</i><BR> <i>I shrugged.</i><BR> <i>“Yes or no?”</i><BR> <i>I shrugged again, finally earning a little scowl, which somehow made the girl even </i>more<i> pretty.</i><BR> <i>“It’s very rude not to answer simple questions,” she said.</i><BR> <i>I gestured for my journal, but she still wouldn’t give it to me. So I took out my pen and wrote on my palm.</i><BR> I can’t<i>, I wrote. Then, in tiny letters below it: </i>Now don’t you feel like a jerk?<BR> <BR>Parker Santé hasn’t spoken a word in five years. While his classmates plan for bright futures, he skips school to hang out in hotels, killing time by watching the guests. But when he meets a silver-haired girl named Zelda Toth, a girl who claims to be quite a bit older than she looks, he’ll discover there just might be a few things left worth living for.<BR> <BR>From the celebrated author of <i>We All Looked Up</i> comes a unique story of first and last loves.