"Silver has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy Silver can’t quite bring himself to hate. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey has just confided in him that she’s pregnant—because he’s the one she cares least about letting down. With the wedding looming and Casey in crisis, this broken family struggles, bonds, and comes together only to risk damaging each other even more. Lives begin anew, change radically, or in Silver’s case—as he discovers that he could die at any moment without an operation he refuses to have—may be about to end in an instant."

Acquired via PaperBackSwap. (Unabridged on 7 CDs; read byJohn Shea)

Drew Silver is a wash-up. Former drummer for a one-hit wonder band, his ex-wife is preparing to remarry and his daughter is becoming more of a stranger to him. He spends his days hanging with a couple of other washed-up middle-aged men, coming to realize that his life is going nowhere. When he experiences a heart episode and chooses not to have life-saving surgery, everyone around him is miffed by his decision. Silver himself can't seem to explain it, and thus begins a period of self-discovery.

I've really come to love Jonathan Tropper. As with most of his fiction, this story centers on a down-on-his-luck early middle-aged man who just can't seem to get it together. On the surface this doesn't seem like a story line that should consistently pull me in, but Tropper captures family dynamics like no other, and I love his sense of humor. While I wouldn't say this was my favorite novel of his, nevertheless it had the typical Tropper charm and I was chuckling more often than not. Once again, another gem.

This one's going into an audio bookbox!

Caught in the audio bookbox.

released in the audio book box.

This book came back to me in the recent round of HI77’s Audio Bookbox. Thank you for playing!

I hope this book finds its next listener.