The Wonder Bread Summer: A Darkly Funny, Heartbreaking Coming-of-Age Caper – College Student on the Run in 80s California

The Wonder Bread Summer: A Darkly Funny, Heartbreaking Coming-of-Age Caper – College Student on the Run in 80s California

<p>Jessica Anya Blau, author of <em>The Summer of Naked Swim Parties</em>, delivers another darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with Wonder Bread Summer.<br /><br />In <em>The </em><em>Wonder Bread Summer</em>, loosely based on <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>, 20-year-old Allie Dodgson has adventures that rival those Alice had down the rabbit hole. Or those of Weeds’ Nancy Botwin.<br /><br />Allison is working at a dress shop to help pay for college. The dress shop turns out to be a front for drug dealers. And Allison ends up on the run—with a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine.</p><p>With a hit man after her, Allison wants the help of her parents. But there’s a problem: Her mom took off when Allison was eight; her dad moves so often Allison that doesn’t even have his phone number….<br /><br />Set in 1980s California, <em>The Wonder Bread Summer </em>is a wickedly funny and fresh caper that’s sure to please fans of Christopher Moore, Carl Hiaasen, and Marcy Dermansky.</p>