Kids These Days: A Novel

About this book

Walter and Alice are expecting their first baby but their timing is a bit off: Walter once a successful loan officer has been unexpectedly downsized. Theyve had to relocate to Florida so that they can live rent-free--in Alices deceased aunts condo. When Alices brother-in-law Mid offers Walter a job he literally cant refuse. But what he doesnt know--about the nature of the job about the depth of Mids shady dealings about what hes really supposed to be doing--far outweighs what he does know. And soon enough things escalate so out of control that Walter is riding shotgun with Mid in a bright yellow Camaro--chased by the police. Drew Perry paints a landscape of weird and beautiful Florida and its inhabitants--all wholly original and hilarious and utterly believable. And at the center is a portrait of a father-to-be who is paralyzed by the idea of taking responsibility for another human life when he cant seem to manage his own. Kids These Days takes perfect aim at the two sides of impending fatherhood--abject terror and unconditional love.