Four for the Road
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| Verlag | Simon & Schuster US |
| Alter | ab 14 Jahre |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 288 |
| Format | 13,9 x 20,9 x 1,7 cm |
| Trade Paperback | |
| Gewicht | 201 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781665902304 |
| Bestell-Nr | 66590230UA |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F___ing World in this dark young adult comedy about four unlikely friends dealing with the messy side of grief who embark on a road trip to Graceland full of "laughter, tears, budding romance, and well-placed insights" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Asher Hunting wants revenge.
Specifically, he wants revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom and got off on a technicality. No one seems to think this is healthy, though, which is how he ends up in a bereavement group (well, bereavement groups. He goes to several.) It's there he makes some unexpected friends: There's Sloane, who lost her dad to cancer; Will, who lost his little brother to a different kind of cancer; and eighty-year-old Henry, who was married to his wife for fifty years until she decided to die on her own terms. And it's these three who Asher invites on a road trip from New Jersey to Graceland. Asher doesn't tell them that he's planning to stea l his dad's car, or the real reason that he wants to go to Tennessee (spoiler alert: it's revenge)-but then again, the others don't share their reasons for going, either.
Complete with unexpected revelations, lots of chicken Caesar salads at roadside restaurants, a stolen motorcycle, and an epic kiss at a rest stop minimart, what begins as the road trip to revenge might just turn into a path towards forgiveness.
Rezension:
_ "In this at once funny and moving novel, it's been just over a year since seventeen-year-old Asher's mom died in a car accident . . . The intergenerational friendship with [a delightful octegenarian] adds to the humor; a philosophical connection with Will provides depth; and a blossoming romance with Sloane brings sweetness to Asher's difficult, deserved path toward healing." The Horn Book Magazine, STARRED REVIEW
