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Everything Changes
Jonathan Tropper’s novel The Book of Joe dazzled critics and readers alike with its heartfelt blend of humor and pathos. Now Tropper brings all that–and more–to an irresistible new novel. In Everything Changes, Tropper delivers a touching, wickedly funny new tale about love, loss, and the perils of a well-planned life.
EVERYTHING CHANGES
To all appearances, Zachary King is a man with luck on his side. A steady, well-paying job, a rent-free Manhattan apartment, and Hope, his stunning, blue-blooded fiancée: smart, sexy, and completely out of his league. But as the wedding day looms, Zack finds himself haunted by the memory of his best friend, Rael, killed in a car wreck two years earlier–and by his increasingly complicated feelings for Tamara, the beautiful widow Rael left behind.
Then Norm–Zack’s freewheeling, Viagra-popping father–resurfaces after a twenty-year absence, looking to make amends. Norm’s overbearing, often outrageous efforts to reestablish ties with his sons infuriate Zack, and yet, despite twenty years of bad blood, he finds something compelling in his father’s maniacal determination to transform his own life. Inspired by Norm, Zack boldly attempts to make some changes of his own, and the results are instantly calamitous. Soon fists are flying, his love life is a shambles, and his once carefully structured existence is spinning hopelessly out of control.
Charged with intelligence and razor sharp wit, Everything Changes is at once hilarious, moving, sexy, and wise–a work of transcendent storytelling from an exciting new talent.
EVERYTHING CHANGES
To all appearances, Zachary King is a man with luck on his side. A steady, well-paying job, a rent-free Manhattan apartment, and Hope, his stunning, blue-blooded fiancée: smart, sexy, and completely out of his league. But as the wedding day looms, Zack finds himself haunted by the memory of his best friend, Rael, killed in a car wreck two years earlier–and by his increasingly complicated feelings for Tamara, the beautiful widow Rael left behind.
Then Norm–Zack’s freewheeling, Viagra-popping father–resurfaces after a twenty-year absence, looking to make amends. Norm’s overbearing, often outrageous efforts to reestablish ties with his sons infuriate Zack, and yet, despite twenty years of bad blood, he finds something compelling in his father’s maniacal determination to transform his own life. Inspired by Norm, Zack boldly attempts to make some changes of his own, and the results are instantly calamitous. Soon fists are flying, his love life is a shambles, and his once carefully structured existence is spinning hopelessly out of control.
Charged with intelligence and razor sharp wit, Everything Changes is at once hilarious, moving, sexy, and wise–a work of transcendent storytelling from an exciting new talent.
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First published March 29, 2005
About the author
Jonathan Tropper
20 books3,258 followersJonathan Tropper is the author of Everything Changes, The Book of Joe , which was a Booksense selection, and Plan B. He lives with his wife, Elizabeth, and their children in Westchester, New York, where he teaches writing at Manhattanville College. How To Talk To A Widower was optioned by Paramount Pictures, and Everything Changes and The Book of Joe are also in development as feature films.
-Information from www.jonathantropper.com
-Information from www.jonathantropper.com
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May 13, 2026
I would put this book at a 3.65. I love this author but this just didn’t hit the same as this is where I leave you. That book is hilarious and this was the same tone, however the story didn’t hit the same.
I was frustrated with the stress and his wishy washy demeanor. If you really love someone else, why are you putting somebody through all that? Ugh.
It also hit a little close to home when he talked about his job as a middle man in the supply chain. That’s honestly offensive to me.
I do love the style of writing that Jonathan tropper brings to all of his novels. Nobody has a voice like he does and that brings me back and makes me want to read more of his work.
The one thing I saw criticism about is regarding the way the author talks about women. I did not notice this personally but now it’s clear as day. He always wants a mid guy to be with a baddie.
Overall I went home everyday happy to have this book to come home to and I underline a lot of his work usually because it’s very introspective. It’s also a portrayal of fucked up family dynamics which is what all of his novels are about and there is so much that can be said on that topic.
I was frustrated with the stress and his wishy washy demeanor. If you really love someone else, why are you putting somebody through all that? Ugh.
It also hit a little close to home when he talked about his job as a middle man in the supply chain. That’s honestly offensive to me.
I do love the style of writing that Jonathan tropper brings to all of his novels. Nobody has a voice like he does and that brings me back and makes me want to read more of his work.
The one thing I saw criticism about is regarding the way the author talks about women. I did not notice this personally but now it’s clear as day. He always wants a mid guy to be with a baddie.
Overall I went home everyday happy to have this book to come home to and I underline a lot of his work usually because it’s very introspective. It’s also a portrayal of fucked up family dynamics which is what all of his novels are about and there is so much that can be said on that topic.
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