The book we're pumping is…Promising Young Man
Join Pump Up the Volume, OCWW’s member book club, for its first June in-person book discussion featuring member Patricia Stankovic's New Adult novel, Promising Young Man.
A modern-day Catcher in the Rye sharing all its humor and heart, this book nearly vibrates with the animated and poignant voice of protagonist Oscar Danielsson, a troubled eighteen-year-old charmer struggling to come of age despite all of the expectations of his family, friends… and himself.
We’ll have tons to chew on in this novel that’s part inter-generational saga, part road trip, part commentary on the current climate of the nation’s mental health crisis facing our youth, and 100 percent unforgettable.
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BIO: Patricia Stankovic wrote Promising Young Man under the pen name Elias Axel. She was the Author/ Photographer, Boys Named Sue from JWC Media; Co-creator, The Making of a Dream, a documentary short film; and Flash Fiction Finalist, Cutting the Umbilical Heart Strings, at Women on Writing. Her work has appeared in The Evanston Round Table, The Evanston Review (The Chicago Tribune), About Write, the Daily Northwestern, and EVTV Channel 6. She serves as a volunteer for OCWW and on the Board of Directors for Evanston Writers Workshop.
Questions, comments? Please contact Book Club Chair Liz Fox.
