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Andy Abramowitz

Biography

Andy Abramowitz

Andy Abramowitz is the author of three novels: THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT; A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FREE FALL; and DARLING AT THE CAMPSITE.

His work has been hailed as "soul-searching...fun and unfailingly heartfelt" by The Washington Post and "funny and compassionate" by Kirkus Reviews, but he is most proud of the fact that Grammy winner Rick Springfield described THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT as "a sage novel for anyone who believes that our talents don't fade as we get older, they only get better."

A native of Baltimore, Andy lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.

Andy Abramowitz

Books by Andy Abramowitz

by Andy Abramowitz - Fiction, Humor

Rowan Darling, an adrift 33-year-old, owns a record store on a run-down block in Philadelphia. Then news of his estranged brother’s death forces a return to Maybee, Illinois, the hometown Rowan left in the dust years ago. Rowan’s plan is to dart in for the funeral, support his mother and then disappear just as quickly. Unfortunately, as Rowan’s flash visit spirals beyond his control, he must face everything he has dodged for too long. The woman he can’t have. The memory of the brother he thought he knew. His own dwindling prospects back in Philadelphia. But Rowan also starts to see things more clearly --- what’s worth fighting for, what he can let go of, and how long he can keep running.

by Andy Abramowitz - Fiction, Humor

A respected engineer who designs roller coasters in theme parks across the country, Davis Winger is deeply in love with his wife and has a beautiful young daughter and a happy home. Until an accident strikes on one of his rides. Nothing fatal --- except to his career. And to his marriage, when a betrayal from his past inadvertently comes to light. In one cosmically bad day, Davis loses it all. His sister, Molly, is at a crossroads herself. She’s coasting through a dire relationship with an incompatible man-child. And she’s a journalist whose deeply personal columns about mothers and daughters are forcing her to confront the truth about her own mother, who abandoned Molly and Davis years ago and disappeared.

by Andy Abramowitz - Fiction, Humor

Teddy Tremble is nearing 40 and has settled into a comfortable groove, working at a stuffy law firm and living in a downtown apartment with a woman he thinks he might love. Sure, his days aren’t as exciting as the time he spent as the lead singer of the rock band Tremble, but that life has long since passed its sell-by date. But when Teddy gets a cryptic call from an old friend, he’s catapulted into contemplating the unthinkable: reuniting Tremble for one last shot at rewriting history.