Everything Changes - Paperback

by Jonathan Tropper (Author)

A "warm, winning tale" (Booklist, starred review) about love, loss, and the perils of a well-planned life, from the New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where I Leave You

"A smart, funny, brutally honest, much-needed guy's point of view on how messy love can be."--Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief

To all appearances, Zachary King is a man with luck on his side: a well-paying job, a rent-free Manhattan apartment, and Hope, his smart, sexy fiancée who is completely out of his league. But as their wedding day looms, Zack finds himself wondering if it all might be a big mistake. Then Norm--Zack's freewheeling, Viagra-popping father--resurfaces after a twenty-year absence, looking to make amends. Norm's often outrageous efforts to reestablish ties with his son infuriate Zack, and yet 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.

Charged with intelligence and razor-sharp wit, Everything Changes is a work of transcendent storytelling from a writer of rare talent.

Front Jacket

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.
EVERYTHING CHANGES
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 fiancee: 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.

"From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography

Jonathan Tropper is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including Everything Changes, This Is Where I Leave You, and One Last Thing Before I Go. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Tropper is the cocreator and executive producer of the television drama Banshee, as well as a screenwriter who adapted This Is Where I Leave You into a major motion picture.