The Bump
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- Expected May 21, 2024
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- $10.99
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- Pre-Order
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
"With a fresh mix of Little Miss Sunshine and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Bump takes us on a laugh-out-loud and moving adventure. Wyatt and Biz are such vivid, relatable characters to root for as they navigate love and family with tears and hilarity. It's another sweet book from Sid and I didn't want this fun ride to end!"—Molly Shannon, New York Times bestselling author, comedian, and actress
Two men expecting a baby via surrogate go on the road trip of a lifetime in this hilarious and poignant novel by Sidney Karger, author of Best Men.
Wyatt Wallace is a practical, super organized director of TV commercials. Biz Petterelli is a child-actor-turned-magazine-writer who thrives on spontaneity. Though polar opposites, they are fully committed to their relationship and their life in Brooklyn with their dog, Matilda. They’re also about to have a baby together.
And they’re freaking out.
They’ve both dreamed of becoming parents, but now that it’s happening, they’re doubting everything. Their baby is due in a few weeks and instead of flying to California just before the birth as planned, Biz has a better idea. They could use one last hurrah, along with some serious “us-time” to mend the issues they’ve been having lately—before they get tied down by fatherhood and its impending responsibilities. So the daddies-to-be load up their 1992 Volkswagen Cabriolet and embark on an epic cross-country babymoon. They attempt to recharge at the beach in Provincetown, stumble through their impromptu baby shower in Chicago, and endure a Star Wars-themed wedding in Colorado before heading west for the baby.
But when they take several unexpected detours, old wounds are reopened and secrets spill out that could change their relationship for better or for worse, forcing the couple to reexamine the meaning of family while building their own. After all, what’s a road trip without a few bumps along the way?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Karger's sweet sophomore novel (after Best Men) follows a gay couple preparing for parenthood. After actor–turned–food writer Biz and commercial director Wyatt choose an egg donor and a surrogate, they embark on a cross-country "babymoon," designed to be their last hurrah before parenthood. But the drive from New York to California, where their surrogate lives, takes several unexpected detours and begins to expose cracks in their 12-year relationship. At the beginning of the trip, Biz loses his long-running magazine column but doesn't know how to tell Wyatt. After his brother is in an accident, Wyatt detours with Biz to his mother's home—where he unearths an unopened stack of letters addressed to him from his absent father. Pressure builds rapidly on both sides of Wyatt and Biz's relationship—until it might just blow them apart. Karger makes it easy to empathize with his heroes, bringing impressive emotional depth to their relationship. The twisty road trip plus cameos from Biz's large, boisterous family add plenty of fun. Readers will root for Biz and Wyatt to make it work.
