Nov 5, 2009

** Everything You Know **


Title: Everything You Know
Author: Zoe Heller
Book Condition: Pre-owned, Good
MYR12

Willy Muller has a lot of women in his life and all of them are causing him problems. His mother wants him to eat tofu. His dopey girlfriend, Penny, wants him to overcome his personal space issues, while Karen, his other dopier girlfriend, just wants more sex. His oldest daughter Sophie wants him to finance her husband's drug habist, but it's his youngest daughter Sadie who's giving him the biggest headache. Just before committing suicide 3 months ago, she sent Willy her diaries. Now, as he pores over the record of her lonely life, he finds himself troubled by stirrings of parental remorse. Might Willy a lifelong misanthrope, be ready to change his spots?