Phil Needle is a middle-aged schlub who dreams of paying off his expensive San Francisco condo by producing a groundbreaking radio show about enigmatic jazz musician Belly Jefferson. Gwen is his disaffected 14-year-old daughter who suddenly loses interest in the synchronized swimming team and goes on the lam with her new friend Amber, determined to wreak havoc. They are joined by a cackling Alzheimer's patient who loves pirate novels, a Haitian orderly, and Cody Glasserman, the younger brother of Gwen's crush.
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ISBN:9781443440950
Physical Description:print regular print 269 pages ; 24 cm