How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets

from tmannix

The Pacific Northwest's answer to "About a Boy". At age 30, Evan finds out his old high-school girlfriend has died. He also discovers that her 14-year-old son is his. So, how does this new son fit in with his kind of directionless, very single life? Evan is about to re-launch a once-promising mus...

from UberButter

How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets by Garth Stein 389 pages★★★***May Contain Spoilers***Pretty early on in this novel we learn that Evan is 31, suffers from epileptic seizures, and has just "acquired" his 14 year old son after a tragic death. That's a lot of drama and that pretty much sums...

from tealightful

Great author, great writing style, mediocre book at best. I almost gave it two stars but I just like the author too much. It was so much repetitive building up for a very lackluster ending. Very disappointing.

from voracious

When the story opens, Evan is at the funeral of his first ex-girlfriend, where he meets his 14 year old son, Dean, for the very first time. Dean's mother and grandparents had spent Dean's whole life trying to hide his father's identity from him, but after his mother dies unexpectedly, Evan rescue...