The Widower

by Ned White

For Jack Lovett, the sudden death of his wife unleashed the sort of grief that went far beyond the usual boundaries - into unexplored zones of doubt, confusion and superheated passion... "What is it about the sexual component of grief? How can it be (and it is) that in the hollow-pitted emptiness of loss, the tears and exhaustion, the grim and gray desiccation of death there is this crazy sexiness?... It’s raining and I’m sick with a cold and my car smells of dirty socks and I’m disgusted with myself I’m so horny. It’s a chain-reaction collision on a highway, grief and horniness racing along bumper-to-bumper until the accidents happen, it’s all a sequence of errors..." THE WIDOWER draws us into the wounded head and heart of one vulnerable man -- and a series of wildly unlikely and ironic adventures with too many casseroles, too many women, hostile in-laws, unwelcome surprises at work, and a budding love interest who just might be able to understand why he is the way he is.

345 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2016

About the author

I've been writing steadily since college - novels, stories, plays, poetry, and teleplays (including several programs for PBS, HBO, and local TV). I also construct crossword puzzles for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

My first novel, THE VERY BAD THING, was published by Viking Penguin, sold modestly, earned some good reviews. Since then I've had several fine agencies representing new work, but ultimately (spring 2009) I chose to self publish three novels I've written over the last several years.

CALLING OUT YOUR NAME is an adventure story for young adults, set largely in the Deep South in the recent past: a rural Georgia teenager sets off on an improbable journey to find his developmentally disabled younger brother, who's apparently run away.

PLACE is adult literary fiction... about a woman who disappears, quite literally.

STRING THEORIES, to be republished in March 2016, is also adult literary fiction - a "physics love story" and adventuresome romp set in New Mexico.

BILLY BUCK is harder to described. Take a look at t.

All are available on Kindle, Amazon, and from me via ayPal (free shipping).