The Fallback Plan

About this book

A hilarious debut novel about the tricky period between graduating from college and moving out of your parents house What to do when youve just graduated from college and your plans conflict with those of your parents? That is when your plans to hang out on the couch re-read your favorite childrens books and take old prescription tranquilizers conflict with your parents plans that you well get a job? Without a fallback plan Eshter Kohler decides she has no choice but to take the job her mother has lined up for her: babysitting for their neighbors the Browns. Its a tricky job though. Six months earlier the Browns youngest child died. Still as Esther finds herself falling in love with their surviving daughter May and distracted by a confusing romance with one of her friends she doesnt notice quite how tricky the job is until she finds herself assuming the role of confidante to Mays mother Amy and partner in crime to Amys husband Nate. Trapped in conflicting roles doomed to collide Esther is forced to come up with a better idea of who she really is. Both hilarious and heartbreaking The Fallback Plan is a beautifully written and moving story of what we must leave behind and what we manage to hold on to as we navigate the treacherous terrain between youth and adulthood.