Amy Mazzariello

Wheeping Underwater Looks a Lot Like Laughter
Michael White
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publish date: 2010-02-04
$24.95
0399155902
Hardcover

In this coming of age novel, the narrator is unable to forget his first love and the series of events that led up to the day that changed his life forever.  A low-key high school senior, George and his family move from Davenport to Des Moines, Iowa. On the first day at his new school George finds himself overcome with a curious desire for the lead actress of the school’s drama club. Never had he thought of himself an enthusiast of the arts, but after watching Emily portray a blind person in the school play he learned something new about himself. As the friendship blossoms between Emily and George, so does the depth of his character and the complexities of their new world. Katie, Emily’s middle school aged, disabled younger sister is a genius in comparison to her peers. With a brainy opinion about everything, she too succeeds at stealing George’s heart. Life is easy and ideas and concepts run wild within the boundaries of the trio, until one day, in the midst of a summer filled with Iowa state fair pickles and laughter, their relationship is changed forever. This is a novel of first love and the blinding reality of unexpected loss. Weeping Underwater Looks a lot Like Laughter is Michael White’s first novel and hopefully not his last.

(Adult Fiction)