{"product_id":"everything-happens-today","title":"Everything Happens Today","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEverything Happens Today\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJesse Browner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781609450519\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eEuropa Editions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stupendous, thought-provoking, devilishly delicious novel that reads like Zen koan meets \u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Highly recommended\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEverything Happens Today\u003c\/em\u003e records a single day in the life of Wes, a seventeen-year-old who attends Manhattan's elite Dalton School and lives in Greenwich Village in a dilapidated town house with his terminally ill mother, distant father, and beloved younger sister. In the course of one day everything will happen to Wes: he will lose his virginity to the wrong girl and break his own heart, try to meet a Monday morning deadline for a paper on \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, and prepare an elaborate supper he hopes will reunite his family. Wes struggles through the day deep in thoughts of sex, love, Beatles lyrics, friendship, God, and French cuisine--a typical teenager with an atypical mind, a memorable young man who comes to the poignant understanding of how fragile but attainable personal happiness can be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deeply compassionate novel by a very fine writer.\" --Joseph O'Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eNetherland\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Everything Happens Today | Jesse Browner | Paperback | 9781609450519 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1748409","offer_id":48856096866456,"sku":"1748409","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81amOK7NP8L.jpg?v=1775575398","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/everything-happens-today","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}