Four for the Road
Four for the Road by K. J. Reilly is a dark young adult comedy published by Simon and Schuster on August 15, 2023. This 288-page reprint follows Asher Hunting, who seeks revenge on the drunk driver responsible for his mother’s death. To cope with his grief, Asher attends several bereavement groups, where he forms unexpected friendships with Sloane, Will, and Henry. Together, they embark on a road trip to Graceland, each carrying their own hidden motives and emotional baggage.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of death, grief, and friendship as the characters navigate their complex emotions. The journey is filled with moments of laughter and introspection, as well as unexpected revelations that challenge their initial intentions. As they travel from New Jersey to Tennessee, the road trip evolves from a quest for revenge into a potential path toward forgiveness, marked by humorous encounters and poignant insights.
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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 steal 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.
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