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Book SynopsisFinbar Dolan is lost and lonely. Except he doesn''t know it. Despite escaping his blue-collar Boston upbringing to carve out a mildly successful career at a Madison Avenue ad agency, he''s a bit of a mess and closing in on forty. He''s recently called off his wedding. Now, a few days before Christmas, he''s forced to cancel a long-postponed vacation in order to write, produce, and edit a Superbowl commercial for his diaper account in record time.
Fortunately, it gets worse. He learns that his long-estranged and once-abusive father has fallen ill. And that neither his brothers nor his sister intend to visit. It''s a wake-up call for Fin to re-evaluate the choices he''s made, admit that he''s falling for his co-worker Phoebe, question the importance of diapers in his life, and finally tell the truth about his life and his past.
Trade ReviewA
quick-witted,
wry sendup of the advertising industry and corporate culture...A clear-eyed, sympathetic story about complex family ties and the possibility of healing * Washington Post *
The protagonist, Finbar Dolan, is Don Draper stripped of all his glamour, success and pomade. What Fin, a midlevel copywriter, does have on Don is a sense of humor. . . . Framed around a surprisingly sweet romance, as well as Fin's eventual confrontation with his painful family history, this debut
offers a pleasing lightness-to-heart ratio. * New York Times *
We're sold on Kenney's trenchant,
quick-witted debut * Entertainment Weekly *
A
lively debut that has 'movie deal' written all over it. * People Magazine *
In this
Nick Hornby-esque fiction debut, midlife crisis and family tragedy force a 39-year-old ad man to reevaluate his priorities. * O Magazine, Ten Titles to Pick Up Now *
It's the stuff of Jonathan Tropper novels and Judd Apatow films and
every Zooey Deschanel fantasy * USAToday.com *
A masterful blend of wit and seriousness,
stunning in its honesty. A novel sure to appeal to fans of Nick Hornby * Booklist (starred review) *
With wry humor,
always on point, Kenney guides us through the maze of work, family, love (elusive) and friendship (a lifesaver). This is an
outstanding debut * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *
A former copywriter, Kenney knows this world and skewers it with
deadly accuracy. * Sunday Herald *
