"By
turns funny and moving, Tropper's warm, winning tale will appeal
to both male and female readers and may draw comparison's to Nick
Hornby...-Booklist
(*Starred Review) March 15, 2005
“Women:
Want to know how men think? Here’s a smart, funny, brutally
honest, much-needed guy’s point of view on how messy love
can be. Jonathan Tropper makes me laugh and breaks my heart at
the same time.”-Lolly
Winston, author of Good Grief
“Everything
Changes is funny, smart, and touching, it made me laugh, it made
me think…I highly, highly, highly recommend it.”-James
Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces
“Jonathan
Tropper is the new breed of novelist who writes for men and women
with equal ease and grace. Everything Changes is a wonderful and
engaging comic novel about the possibility of new life in the
midst of emotional disaster.”-Haven
Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy and The Solace of Leaving
Early
Reading
Jonathan Tropper’s Everything Changes felt like diving headfirst
into a man’s brain – a bit scary at first, certainly
outrageous, and ultimately both hilarious and very sweet. A wild
ride not to be missed.”-Claire
Cook, author of Multiple Choice and Must Love Dogs
"...pithy
observations on love, marriage and corporate life give the book
a graceful charm. Tropper continues to display a fine feel for
romantic comedy in this enjoyable follow-up to The Book of Joe."-Publishers
Weekly
Jonathan Tropper’s novel The
Book of Joe dazzled critics and readers alike with its
heartfelt blend of humor and pathos. Now Tropper brings all that–and
more–to an irresistible new novel. In Everything Changes,
Tropper delivers a touching, wickedly funny new tale about love, loss,
and the perils of a well-planned life.
To
all appearances, Zachary King is a man with luck on his side. A steady,
well-paying job, a rent-free Manhattan apartment, and Hope, his stunning,
blue-blooded fiancée: smart, sexy, and completely out of his league.
But as the wedding day looms, Zack finds himself haunted by the memory
of his best friend, Rael, killed in a car wreck two years earlier–and
by his increasingly complicated feelings for Tamara, the beautiful widow
Rael left behind.
Then
Norm–Zack’s freewheeling, Viagra-popping father–resurfaces
after a twenty-year absence, looking to make amends. Norm’s overbearing,
often outrageous efforts to reestablish ties with his sons infuriate Zack,
and yet, despite twenty years of bad blood, he finds something compelling
in his father’s maniacal determination to transform his own life.
Inspired by Norm, Zack boldly attempts to make some changes of his own,
and the results are instantly calamitous. Soon fists are flying, his love
life is a shambles, and his once carefully structured existence is spinning
hopelessly out of control.
Charged
with intelligence and razor sharp wit, Everything Changes
is at once hilarious, moving, sexy, and wise–a work of transcendent
storytelling from an exciting new talent.
