Things I Can't Explain: A Clarissa Novel

About this book

A complete re-imagining of the 1990s television hit Clarissa Explains it All as 20-something Clarissa tries to navigate the unemployment line mompreneurs and the collision of two people in love. She was a smart snappy light-hearted girl who knew it all at fourteen and let television audiences everywhere know it. Now a woman in her late twenties her searching blue eyes are more serious but mostly amused by the people around her. The gap-toothed smile that made her seem younger than she really was is gone but she still lightens up the room. Her unpredictable wardrobe rocks just like when she was a kid but her fashion sense has evolved and it makes men and women turn their heads. After leaving high school early Clarissa interned at the Daily Post while attending night school. At the ripe old age of twenty- two she had it made - her own journalism beat (fashion gender politics and crime) an affordable apartment in FiDi and a livable wage. She was so totally ahead of the game. Ah those were the days! All three of them. Remember the Stock Market Crash of 08? Remember when people actually bought newspapers? All of Clarissas charming obsessions charts graphs and superstitions have survived into adulthood but theyve evolved into an ever-greater need to claw the world back under control. Her mid-twenties crisis has left her with a whole set of things she cant explain: an ex-boyfriend turned stalker her parents divorce a micro relationship with the cute coffee guy java addiction "To-Flue Glue " and then theres Sam. Wheres Sam anyway? Things I Cant Explain is about knowing it all in your teens and then feeling like you know nothing in your twenties. It is an entertaining and must-read sequel to all fans of Mitchell Kriegmans Nickelodeon TV show Clarissa Explains It All.