The Family Man

The Family ManA hysterical phone call from Henry Archer's ex wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now twenty nine, an actress hopeful, estranged from her newly widowed eccentric mother Denise, Henry's ex. Hoping it will lead to better

A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer's ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well-ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now twenty-nine, an actress-hopeful, estranged from her newly widowed eccentric mother--Denise, Henry's ex. Hoping it will lead to better things for her career, Thalia agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a horror-movie luminary who is down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry's Upper West Side townhouse, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and he finds new life--and maybe even new love--in the commotion.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 05/04/2010
ISBN: 9780547336084
Pages: 305
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 05/30/2010 pg. 20