Everything Is Just Fine, Brett Paesel
Everything Is Just Fine, Brett Paesel
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Everything Is Just Fine

Author: Brett Paesel

Narrator: Brett Paesel

Unabridged: 11 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/09/2019


Synopsis

In this brilliant, laugh-out-loud satire, named one of Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite Books of 2019, image-conscious parents on a Beverly Hills junior soccer team struggle to keep up appearances as their private lives careen out of control.
"You'll wince, laugh out loud, relate to, and relish this unsparing satirical send up."---Wednesday Martin, New York Times bestselling author
Coach Randy is working mightily to keep it together, and not simply with his vaguely unhappy wife, distant child, and a new boss who's eliminating half the sales force. This season's soccer parents are a demanding bunch. Diane's wine-fueled group e-mails are almost unintelligible; team mom Jacqui's enthusiasm for the league verges on manic; a divorced couple can barely conceal their murderous rage at each other; and another mom is laser-focused on schooling everyone on what constitutes a healthy snack option.
All the secrets and lies bubbling below the surface of their membrane-thin civility threaten to combust when Alejandro, a young, foreign assistant coach refuses to play by the Beverly Hills code, which is to mind your own business and don't look too deeply into anyone's soul. Especially your own.
Brett Paesel brings hilarity and huge heart to a world that looks enviable and shiny on the outside but is, in truth, filled with aching for connection on the inside. In the vein of Perotta and Semple, everyday life in Paesel's deft rendering is anything but.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on December 02, 2019

Starting out I expected a light read, I noticed a lot of the format was written in e-mails and short chapters (winning) but what I got was so much more. The story of these complicated relationships and family dynamics had my emotions up and down, at one point I was laughing and at others I felt my h......more

Goodreads review by Brooke — brooklynnnnereads on December 26, 2023

If you enjoy a satire, especially a narrative on suburban, everyday life...this book is for you. Think part "Big Little Lies" and part "Desperate Housewives". Seriously. You'll see. This book was...something. Honestly, throughout half of it, I wasn't even sure whether I was going to end up liking th......more

Goodreads review by Jypsy on January 20, 2019

I'm probably in the minority, but I didn't like reading a book in email format. Otherwise, Everything Is Just Fine is a good story. True to life based on the people I know! It's funny and witty. If you have kids and sports, this one is for you. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an hones......more

Goodreads review by Peggy on June 14, 2019

I suppose these are contempory characters that I should appreciate, but.....they were all so damn weak and clueless and lacking in character. Not one of them really had a thought of leading a moral or unselfish life. Dianne was the most thoughtful and most self aware, and I liked her most. This book......more

Goodreads review by Mrs Mommy Booknerd on May 01, 2019

#FirstLine ~The smack of a wave hitting the beach, loosening rocks as it receded. This book was a surprise all around. I had the sense that it would be good, but it was more than that. It was funny, but thoughtful, deep with lighter moments and was filled with the grace of the human condition! A grea......more


Quotes

"Paesel's book is compulsively readable."—Publishers Weekly

"Everything Is Just Fine is riveting, from Coach Randy's first hilarious e-mail to its stunning conclusion. Paesel is one of those rare writers who can make us laugh out loud while delivering a gut punch of truth at the same time." —Jill Soloway, author of She Wants It

"Everything Is Just Fine is wonderfully entertaining storytelling. There's pain at the core of the best comedy, and the yearning and falling short of these characters is put to great use in this comic epic. Maria Semple meets Almodovar, with the funniest e-mail exchanges ever. I loved it."—Bob Odenkirk, actor and author of A Load of Hooey

"An epistolary novel about life, love, and parenthood in shiny, sunny Beverly Hills, where everything isn't as Instagram-perfect as it seems."—Wednesday Martin, New York Times bestselling author

"Everything Is Just Fine is both laugh-out-loud funny and achingly astute. Brett Paesel has created a satirical masterpiece that's entertaining and suspenseful but also compassionate and wise, capturing the complexity of modern life."—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

"I know Brett as an actor and a wit extraordinaire, and she brings the same caustic bite and joy to her writing. No observational stone is left unturned. Get ready."—Kathryn Hahn, actor and author of My Wish for You: Lessons from My Six-Year-Old Daughter