Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes a bold, unflinching debut novel that crackles with honesty and heat.

Waldo is seventeen, and she wants. Ravenously, recklessly, completely. The object of that wanting? Mr. Korgy — her creative writing teacher, with his dead dreams and his growing paunch and his life that looks nothing like hers. She can’t explain it. Maybe it’s his passion. Maybe it’s the way he actually sees her. Or maybe that’s enough.

What follows is a rich, razor-sharp character study — sad and funny and thrillingly alive. Half His Age digs into the messy territory of desire, loneliness, class, power, and the lengths we go to just to feel known. It’s a book about wanting to be seen so badly that you stop seeing clearly yourself.

Startlingly perceptive and mordantly funny, this is literary fiction that reads like a freight train — propulsive, intimate, and impossible to put down. The kind of novel that lingers long after the last page, like salt air that won’t quite leave your coat.

• #1 New York Times Bestseller
• A stunning fiction debut from a fearless, already-beloved voice
• Perfect for fans of literary coming-of-age stories with real emotional bite

This is one we’ve been pressing into hands since it arrived on our shelves. Trust us — you’ll want to read it in one long, breathless sitting.

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