HALF HER AGE - Jennette McCurdy

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died comes a sad and darkly humorous novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the lengths we go to get what we want.

Insatiable. Horny. Direct. Innocent. Intelligent. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Blunt. Hurtful. Astute. Always longing. And what Waldo longs for most is Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher. A married man with a child, a mortgage, bills, broken dreams, a deteriorating appearance, and a gut. She doesn't know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows about books, movies, and things she doesn't? Or is it something purer than that? Rooted in their unexpected connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter through which each perceives the world around them? Or perhaps, it's enough for him to see her when no one else does.

Strikingly sharp, brimming with biting humor, and deeply moving, Half Her Age is a character study of a seventeen-year-old girl who disregards all obstacles in her effort to be desired and loved.

«In Half Her Age, Jennette McCurdy takes what could have been a simple morality tale and turns it into something more complex and infinitely more interesting. A fascinating analysis of lust and self-deception, and a subtle reminder that our worst mistakes can sometimes guide us, stumbling, toward the light. McCurdy writes with bravery, dark humor, and an unfailing talent for capturing the perfectly mortifying detail.» —Tom Perrotta

«A perceptive writer with dark humor and great gifts for empathy and brutal endings.» —Time

«Graphic, sarcastic, comically macabre.» —Vogue

«Bitingly hilarious.» —The New York Times