Wishbones, the

Wishbones, the

The second novel from Tom Perrotta, author of &#39;Little Children&#39;, &#39;Election&#39; and &#39;The Abstinence Teacher&#39;.<br /> <br /> Everything is going pretty well for Dave Raymond. He&#39;s 31, but he still feels young. He&#39;s playing guitar with the Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding band, and while it isn&#39;t exactly the Big Time, it is music. He has a roof over his head...well, it&#39;s his parents&#39; roof, but they don&#39;t hassle him much. Life isn&#39;t perfect. But it isn&#39;t bad. Not bad at all.<br /> <br /> But then he has to blow it all by proposing to his girlfriend...<br /> <br /> One man&#39;s treasure is another man&#39;s millstone. To Dave, the treasure in question is Gretchen; a sexy, bohemian poet Dave meets when playing at a wedding with his band. While Gretchen the poet plays &#39;the bridesmaid&#39;, Dave plays &#39;the rock-star&#39;. And suddenly, the comfortable trajectory of his reality seems far less appealing.