num_pages: 320
description: Its been a year of upheaval for Edward Stanton a forty-two-year-old with Aspergers syndrome. Hes lost his job. His trusted therapist has retired. His best friends have moved away. And even his nightly ritual of watching Dragnet reruns has been disrupted. All of this change has left Edward who lives his life on a rigid schedule completely flummoxed.But when his friend Donna calls with news that her son Kyle is in trouble Edward leaves his comfort zone in Billings Montana and drives to visit them in Boise where he discovers Kyle has morphed from a sweet kid into a sullen adolescent. Inspired by dreams of the past Edward goes against his routine and decides to drive to a small town in Colorado where he once spent a summer with his fatherbringing Kyle along as his road trip companion. The two argue about football and music along the way and amid their misadventures they meet an eccentric motel owner who just might be the love of Edwards sheltered lifeif only he can let her.The highly anticipated follow up to Craig Lancaster's first novel 600 Hours of Edward.
language: English
title: Edward Adrift
publisher: Lake Union Publishing