Jack

In Jack, A.M. Homes, author of the forthcoming novel The Unfolding, gives us a teenager who wants nothing more than to be normal--even if being normal means having divorced parents and a rather strange best friend. But when Jack's father takes him out in a rowboat on Lake Watchmayoyo and tells his son he's gay, nothing will ever be normal again. Out of Jack's struggle to redefine what "family" means, A. M. Homes crafts a novel of enormous humor, charm, and resonance, the most convincing, funny, and insightful novel about adolescence since The Catcher in the Rye.

Author: A. M. Homes
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 09/05/1990
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.15w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780679732211

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 6038 / Jack


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/10/1990

About the Author
A.M. Homes is the author of over 10 books including the novels May We Be Forgiven and Music for Torching; and the short story collection, Things You Should Know. Homes's work has been translated into over 20 languages and she is a frequent contributor to Art Forum, Harpers, Granta, and more.