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Lovesick
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BOOK DETAILS

  • Paperback
  • Jul.07.2009
  • 9780307337955
  • Three Rivers Press

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For Andy Altman it was love at first sight. Halloween, 1983: She was Princess Leia; he was Chewbacca. Determined to be more than star-crossed lovers, Andy vowed to do whatever it took to make Paige Day his bride, even if that meant dragging himself back to the small town of Crockett, California, and working for her father, Gregory, the local pharmacist and most demanding boss east of San Francisco. Day's Pharmacy is tight quarters, and for Andy and Gregory, the mixture is explosive. Unable to win Gregory over, Andy devises a surefire scheme to secure his blessing to marry Paige. But what Andy doesn't realize is that the only way he'll make it to the altar is if he protects his future father-in-law's big secret. In so doing, he'll have to fend off financial ruin, Paige's aggressive ex-boyfriend, and an intimidating crime ring of geriatric gangsters. For young Andy,...
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For Andy Altman it was love at first sight. Halloween, 1983: She was Princess Leia; he was Chewbacca. Determined to be more than star-crossed lovers, Andy vowed to do whatever it took to make Paige Day his bride, even if that meant dragging himself back to the small town of Crockett, California, and working for her father, Gregory, the local pharmacist and most demanding boss east of San Francisco.

Day's Pharmacy is tight quarters, and for Andy and Gregory, the mixture is explosive. Unable to win Gregory over, Andy devises a surefire scheme to secure his blessing to marry Paige. But what Andy doesn't realize is that the only way he'll make it to the altar is if he protects his future father-in-law's big secret. In so doing, he'll have to fend off financial ruin, Paige's aggressive ex-boyfriend, and an intimidating crime ring of geriatric gangsters. For young Andy, charting the path to true love will take sheer ingenuity.

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About Alex

ALEX WELLEN is a writer, inventor, and award-winning television producer for CNN who lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Kris, and son, Nathaniel.

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Published Reviews

Aug.13.2009

In his first novel, writer and television producer Wellen (author of the memoir Barman) presents an uncommon love story; having already won the heart of his dream girl, college dropout Andy Altman now faces...

Aug.13.2009

Every married couple remembers who popped the question and when. Alex Wellen's engagement story is such a doozy, he lifted it frame by frame for his romantic, laugh-out-loud-funny first novel, Lovesick...