The Sleeping Father
''The Sleeping Father'' is a novel by Matthew Sharpe first published in 2003 about an average middle-class American family struck by betrayal, separation, and illness. In particular, it is about the coming of age of the two teenage members of the family despite, or rather through, the troubles that befall them. Wisecracking his way through life until he has eventually reached adulthood, 17-year-old Chris Schwartz has provoked comparison with Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of Salinger's novel ''The Catcher in the Rye''. Plot summary The Schwartzes live their ordinary lives in the aptly named (and fictional) small town of Bellwether, Connecticut. When she thinks her two children do not need her any longer, Lila Schwartz, a sexually active woman, leaves behind her family, calls herself Lila Munroe and moves to California, where she trains, and later works, as a lawyer. Faced with the dual challenge of having to raise two teenage kids while remaining successful in his demandin ...
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Matthew Sharpe (writer)
Matthew Sharpe (born 1962) is an American novelist and short story writer. Bibliography *'' Stories from the Tube'' (short stories, 1998) *''Nothing Is Terrible'' (novel, 2000) *'' The Sleeping Father'' (novel, 2003) *'' Jamestown'' (novel, 2007) *'' You Were Wrong'' (novel, Bloomsbury 2010) External linksthe Village Voicereviews ''The Sleeping Father''reviews ''Jamestown'' 1962 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Bard College faculty Columbia University faculty New College of Florida faculty Wesleyan University faculty Novelists from Connecticut Novelists from New York City 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Florida {{US-novelist-1960s-stub ...
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