What We Never Had by Zach Wyner
What We Never Had
Copyright © 2016 Zach Wyner
Rare Bird Books
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"It's this almost poetic ability to capture and analyze the moment and the fragments of life that pass through crisis, relationships, choices, and consequences that keep What We Never Had alive and moving through a post-college world where one door has shut and the next remains ajar, facing both possibilities and the unknown. Readers with an affinity for humor, poetic language, and an unusual narrative approach [...] will find this novel to be unerringly precise and pointed in its protagonist's journey through the netherworld that often represents the post-college condition." -Midwest Book Review
“Gritty and captivating, with well-timed flashes of humor, What We Never Had paints a realistic picture of young adults struggling to cope with contemporary issues. Josh is the central character, but Wyner made the deliberate choice to write the book in the second person. ‘The perspective is from someone who’s gained wisdom that the character doesn’t have in the moment,’ he says. ‘It’s a way of explaining how things got off track.’” -San Jose Mercury News