{"product_id":"promising-young-man-9798992065602","title":"Promising Young Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e★ \u003c\/strong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBOOKLIFE REVIEWS\u003c\/em\u003e EDITOR'S PICK \u003cstrong\u003e★ \u003c\/strong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/em\u003e \"GET IT\" \u003cstrong\u003e★ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eREADERS' FAVORITE\u003c\/em\u003e FIVE-STARS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA modern-day Holden Caulfield meets \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarold and Maude\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Road with \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Niven \u0026amp; Jandy Nelson flair.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWitty, Defiant Oscar Tells a Heartbreakingly Relatable, Often Hilarious Story About a Misunderstood, Mistake-Riddled Boy Looking for Love \u0026amp; Purpose in Modern America. It's Dark Humor, Raw Emotions, and a Teenage Existential Crisis Rolled into One Unforgettable On-the-Road Adventure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar Danielsson isn't ready for the real world-yet. But he's 18 now, and everyone's got expectations. Why not? With his sharp wit and melancholy good looks, his future's as promising as anybody's. \u003cem\u003eLie\u003c\/em\u003e. He's not like anybody. He'll take his bedroom over hanging out. Self-medication over whatever his shrink prescribes for his ADHD. And it's hard enough to get out of bed in the morning, let alone write a stupid paper in time to graduate from high school. If it wasn't for his old spaniel, Enzo, he's not sure he'd even want to stick around. Just when he meets Bette, the weirdest cute girl on the planet, a scrape with the law Oscar's too out of it to remember sends him blasting down America's highways with his eccentric Grammy. 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