If Jack's In Love

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It is 1967 and the war in Vietnam dominates the American news. Jack Wicher is a 12 year old genius living in a Virginia suburb pining after Maya, the rich girl at school. Alienated and misunderstood by his family, Jack lives in the house that the rest of the neighbourhood avoids. However, he finds a mentor in Mr Gladstein, the town's jeweller and lone Jew, who aides and abets Jack in his scheme to win Maya's heart and offers reassurance to the lonely boy who must fight to overcome not just the town's prejudices about his family but his own.

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Terrificyou should read this wonderfully written marvel of a book: a work both gripping and hilarious, joyous and heartbreakingly bittersweet. The Wall Street Journal

It took Stephen Wetta fifty-five years to write his promising first novel I only hope Mr. Wetta writes a little faster next time so Ill be around to say I told you so. Pete Dexter

This is a lovely, passionate, and compelling a book you wont want to put down. Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump

At turns unsparing, tender, and disturbing.intelligently, wonderfully conceived. Publishers Weekly, starred review

Heartfelt, heartbreaking, suspenseful, and riveting The novel, full of beautifully realized characters and predicaments, gets everything exactly right. Timothy Schaffert, award-winning author of The Coffins of Little Hope

I loved this novel! Like To Kill a Mockingbird, Whistling in the Dark Jack Witcher will charm you, break your heart . . . surprise you on nearly every page [and] stay with you long after the final satisfying page. Katrina Kittle, author of The Blessings of the Animals

"A powerful story Wetta captures with great charm and grit the joys and aches of a first love complicated by social boundaries and familial expectations. a fast-moving tale. Lee Martin, author of The Bright Forever and Break the Skin

Author Bio

Stephen Wetta is a native of Richmond, Virginia. He received his bachelor's degree from Virginia Commenwealth University and his PhD from New York University. He is currently an English professor at Hunter College.If Jacks in Loveis his first novel.