Warning: This is a story of what it feels like to be obsessed with someone who is entirely undeserving of your affection. Contains partial nudity, mild vulgarity, and singing grandfathers.
Observant, satirical, and preposterously precocious, Alessandra may be the coolest 18-year-old you’ve ever met—she’s the editor of the school literary magazine—a true original.
She is a “character” in the halls of Westfield High School. With her long red hair, her flamboyant style, and her sardonic humor, almost everybody in school knows who she is. When you hear somebody say, ‘There’s a girl in my chemistry class wearing a wedding dress,’ you can be pretty sure they’re talking about Alessandra.
That’s 11th grade superstar Mason Lorenz’s description of Alessandra. And now, of course, Alessandra finds herself half in love with Mason—though her best friend Melissa warns her:
“God, can’t you see it, Alessandra?”
“What?”
“You’re attracted to anyone you can’t have! That is the story of your life.”
“Really? You’ve read the entire story of my life? How does it end?”
Alessandra’s senior year is a kind of comic agony, and in this fast-paced, entertaining new-adult novel, author Robert Kaplow, Me and Orson Welles, takes a close-up, high-resolution look at her life, her loves, her merciless sense of satire, her illness, her yearning, and an act of betrayal that finally forces her to engineer some highly-satisfying revenge.
Praise For the Work of Robert Kaplow
"Kaplow has teenage-girl angst down pat. The characters are quirky, funny, and eminently themselves. The story rings true—and rings with laughter." —ALA Booklist, (starred review)
“Robert Kaplow hits all the high notes as a writer—he does meticulous and exhaustive historical research (when his story demands it) and then writes with a wonderful humor and, most importantly, a big heart.
—Richard Linklater, writer/director,Boyhood, Before Sunrise
Genre: Romance
Observant, satirical, and preposterously precocious, Alessandra may be the coolest 18-year-old you’ve ever met—she’s the editor of the school literary magazine—a true original.
She is a “character” in the halls of Westfield High School. With her long red hair, her flamboyant style, and her sardonic humor, almost everybody in school knows who she is. When you hear somebody say, ‘There’s a girl in my chemistry class wearing a wedding dress,’ you can be pretty sure they’re talking about Alessandra.
That’s 11th grade superstar Mason Lorenz’s description of Alessandra. And now, of course, Alessandra finds herself half in love with Mason—though her best friend Melissa warns her:
“God, can’t you see it, Alessandra?”
“What?”
“You’re attracted to anyone you can’t have! That is the story of your life.”
“Really? You’ve read the entire story of my life? How does it end?”
Alessandra’s senior year is a kind of comic agony, and in this fast-paced, entertaining new-adult novel, author Robert Kaplow, Me and Orson Welles, takes a close-up, high-resolution look at her life, her loves, her merciless sense of satire, her illness, her yearning, and an act of betrayal that finally forces her to engineer some highly-satisfying revenge.
Praise For the Work of Robert Kaplow
"Kaplow has teenage-girl angst down pat. The characters are quirky, funny, and eminently themselves. The story rings true—and rings with laughter." —ALA Booklist, (starred review)
“Robert Kaplow hits all the high notes as a writer—he does meticulous and exhaustive historical research (when his story demands it) and then writes with a wonderful humor and, most importantly, a big heart.
—Richard Linklater, writer/director,Boyhood, Before Sunrise
Genre: Romance
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