As Cool As I Am A Novel

by Fromm, Pete

• ISBN13: 9781250045577
• ISBN10: 1250045576
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-06-18
• Publisher: Picador

Summary

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CLAIRE DANES, JAMES MARSDEN AND SARAH BOLGER

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book of the Year

As a teenager pretty much left to raise herself while her parents struggle to do the same, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. As she races at breakneck speed toward womanhood, everything is at stake for her, producing an urgency and dread that she holds at bay with humor and grace. But, while Lucy charges ahead, her mother's youth is fading, providing juxtaposition steeped with tension and love. Simultaneously embracing and resisting their similarities, Pete Fromm's As Cool As I Am reveals both women's emotional vulnerabilities and their deep need for each other. Conveyed through dialogue that is both laugh-aloud funny and true, Lucy's character will stand out in the canon of contemporary literature for her large heart and inimitable grit.

Author Biography

Pete Fromm's fiction and nonfiction have won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association's Book of the Year award an impressive four times. His past works include Night Swimming, How All This Started, and Indian Creek Chronicles. He has also published more than 100 short stories, and is on the faculty of Pacific University’s MFA writing program. He lives in Montana with his wife and two sons.