A Poet's Guide to Divorce

Dad, JJ Wade, is a used bookshop owner. Son Buck is a screenwriter trying to make it on the west coast. Between them is the long shadow of a divorce. When Hollie Ivie, a Goth grrrl, becomes the obsession of JJ's life, Buck steps in with shock therapy-he steals Hollie. Mixing journals, email, and third-person narration, this novel tells the story of a wasted, bitter artist who still might pull it out, his son headed in the same direction, and a woman who doesn't intend to be owned by anyone. Where does Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher fit in? A frumpy professor and email, of course.