How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets
How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets by Garth Stein, published by Soho Press in May 2008, is a literary fiction work that explores the complexities of family life. The narrative follows Evan, a thirty-one-year-old musician who once had a hit single but now finds himself drifting through life while teaching guitar to middle-aged men. The story delves into Evan’s struggles with a life-threatening form of epilepsy, a condition he has kept hidden, and the impact of his past decisions, including an unplanned parenthood that resurfaces when he must raise the teenage son he never knew.
Readers will find a blend of sharp-witted dialogue and vivid characters as the book navigates themes of family dynamics and personal challenges. The narrative offers insight into Evan’s life and the secrets that shape his relationships, presenting a contemporary American family with honesty and depth. With 359 pages, this edition provides a comprehensive look at the intricacies of Evan’s journey and the emotional landscape he must traverse.
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“Funny, bewitching, observant.”–The Oregonian
“Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for [Garth] Stein’s latest work. Encore!”–The Seattle Times
“Compelling.”–Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Stein handles the many narrative elements deftly.”–Seattle Weekly
“An engrossing family drama.”–Publishers Weekly
Evan had a hit single, but that was ten years ago. Thirty-one now, he’s drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged men to coax music from an electric guitar.
Beset at a young age with a life-threatening form of epilepsy, he’s kept his condition a secret. But his deepest secret is that he got his high school sweetheart pregnant. Then her conservative parents whisked her out of Seattle and out of Evan’s life.
Now, fourteen years later, he experiences unplanned parenthood when he undertakes to raise the resentful teenage son he’s never known.
Off beat and disarming, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets portrays a contemporary American family with unfailing honesty.
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