The Wonder Bread Summer: A Novel
Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, delivers another darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with Wonder Bread Summer.In The Wonder Bread Summer, loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, 20-year-old Allie Dodgson has adventures that rival those Alice had down...
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Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, delivers another darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with Wonder Bread Summer.In The Wonder Bread Summer, loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, 20-year-old Allie Dodgson has adventures that rival those Alice had down the rabbit hole. Or those of Weeds’ Nancy Botwin.Allison is working at a dress shop to help pay for college. The dress shop turns out to be a front for drug dealers. And Allison ends up on the run—with a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine.With a hit man after her, Allison wants the help of her parents. But there’s a problem: Her mom took off when Allison was eight; her dad moves so often Allison that doesn’t even have his phone number….Set in 1980s California, The Wonder Bread Summer is a wickedly funny and fresh caper that’s sure to please fans of Christopher Moore, Carl Hiaasen, and Marcy Dermansky.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062199553 (0062199552)
Publish date: May 28th 2013
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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The Wonder Bread Summer sounded like it would be a amusing book. I definitely didn't get the book I was expecting. Honestly, I'm not sure that I found any humor in it. Allie is a freshman at UC Berkely. Her boyfriend steals $7000.00 from her and now she needs money for school. She steals a huge ba...
When the opportunity to review The Wonder Bread Summer arose, I was fairly excited about it. The cover is simple but cute and the blurb makes this sound like a raucous good time.The Wonder Bread Summer immediately throws you into Allie's world and she is in the midst of an extremely uncomfortable s...