All About Lulu

Name: All About Lulu
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jonathan Evison
ISBN: 9781615735297

Author: Jonathan Evison

Narrator: Michael Mish

Unabridged: 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 01/18/2011

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller. Growing up vegetarian in a family of bodybuilders will do that to a person. But William is further weakened by the death of his mother, the arrival of a new stepmother, and his irrepressible crush on his new stepsister, Lulu. As Lulu faces down her own challenges, William watches his life shift into tumult and despair. Once Lulu departs for college, Will goes into the world to find himself— discovering Western philosophy, a cruel dating world, enduring friendship, and, ultimately, his true calling. Emboldened by his turn as a late-night radio personality, Will rescues himself from the self-image of weakness he'd long wished to escape. This debut novel explores the fundamental difference between where we come from—and the endless possibilities of where we may go.

About Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison is the author of four previous novels: All About Lulu, West of Here, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, and This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! He lives with his wife and family in Washington State.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christopher on June 03, 2008

This is what Wally Lamb wanted to do with "She's Come Undone." Honestly, I think Jonathan Evison has done one better with "All About Lulu." Outrageous, funny, heartbreaking, this is a must read.......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 07, 2008

Lulu has all the makings of a good book. It's a complexly woven and somewhat original love-and-loss tale with emotion-inducing characters told by a seemingly warm and friendly narrator named Will. Unfortunately, as things progress, the author amasses more and more of the makings of a bad book. Awkwa......more

Goodreads review by Jason on November 20, 2008

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.) I've talked about this subject here before, but it seems to be one that comes up again and again at CC......more

Goodreads review by Christi on August 26, 2008

OK, so I read this book for my book group and really enjoyed it. I would have given it 3.5 stars, but I couldn't because I can't figure out how to do that .5 on this thing. I was really into the book until things started getting a little convoluted. I'm usually one of those people who can totally sus......more

Goodreads review by Annabelle on September 30, 2024

Lots of interesting themes, very well written and mostly entertaining. It reminded me of The Virgin Suicides in some ways (coming of age, obsession, parental responsibility etc) However, I found the secret that drives the plot (and infact, the plot itself) really odd and uncomfortable, anticlimactic......more