"Skipped Parts is somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."-Los Angeles Times Book Review The novel that inspired the movie starring Mischa Barton and Drew Barrymore Banished to the hinterlands of Wyoming, rebellious Lydia Callahan and her thirteen-year-old son Sam have no choice but to cope.
In the end you\'ll find yourself rooting for Sam." -New York Times Book Review"A lighthearted, amusing, and tender story of preteen wisdom, adult immaturity, and the.
His Walter Mitty-like fantasies are tiny comic gems...
Rowling jealous, humor, beautifully drawn characters, a great sense for the detail of the West"sometimes heartwarming, often heartbreaking"poignant, FUNNY, SHOCKING, and even heartbreaking"the deep humor comes from the extraordinary characters"funny, sad, and full of heart"What reviewers are saying about Skipped Parts: "DAZZLING...moving...
Sam\'s carapace is humor...
He thinks like Holden Caulfield and has Joseph Heller\'s take on despair.
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Other books in Tim Sandlin\'s Gro Vant Trilogy: Skipped Parts, Book 1Sorrow Floats, Book 2Social Blunders, Book 3Lydia, Book 4What readers are saying about Skipped Parts: "deals with coming of age in a humorous and often poignant way"Plot twists that would make J.
This contemporary novel is raunchy, funny, and full of heart, perfect for fans of Nick Hornby, Jack Kerouac, Tom Robbins, Larry Mc Murtry, Joseph Heller, John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Hiaasen.
One of the wildest, raunchiest, most heartfelt coming-of-age novels of the past thirty years, Skipped Parts puts Tim Sandlin in the upper echelon of contemporary comic novelists.
With Lydia\'s support the two teens set out on their sexual exploration, and deal with its consequences.
Sam and Maurey set out to discover for themselves what happens in the "Skipped parts" of the novels they read - between the first kiss and the next morning.
But while Lydia drinks and talks to the moose head on the wall, Sam finds a friend in local girl Maurey Pierce. "Skipped Parts is somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."-Los Angeles Times Book Review The novel that inspired the movie starring Mischa Barton and Drew Barrymore Banished to the hinterlands of Wyoming, rebellious Lydia Callahan and her thirteen-year-old son Sam have no choice but to cope
