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Built in a day : a novel / Steven Rinehart.

Title
Built in a day : a novel / Steven Rinehart.
Author
Rinehart, Steven.

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Rinehart, Steven.
Description
241 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"At thirty-two, Andrew is a recovering alcoholic, a poetry workshop dropout, and a failed Starbucks barista. He has an on-again, off-again relationship with Isabel, the single mother of twin teenage sons so protective of her that when Andrew begins to treat Isabel badly, they offer him $4,000 to end the relationship. But Andrew, lonely, at loose ends, and still unemployed after a brief, unsuccessful stint as a sign painter, manages to work his way back into Isabel's good graces and gain the tentative acceptance of her sons and the beautiful young orphan, Julie, who lives with them. Isabel and Andrew get married and, for the first time in a long time, things fall into place for Andrew. Isabel gets him a cushy, if slightly shady, job at Teen Scene, a local outreach center, and the teens in his own household come to appreciate his presence. When the unthinkable happens, Andrew finds himself the unlikely force trying to hold the survivors together."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Failure (Psychology) > Fiction
  • Father figures > Fiction
  • Stepfamilies > Fiction
  • Teenagers > Fiction
  • Twins > Fiction
  • Underachievers > Fiction
ISBN
0385498551
LCCN
2003041968
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries