title: Sweetgirl: A Novel
author:  Travis Mulhauser 
description: &#8221; A riveting novel... far, far funnier than it has any right to be. If you&#8217;re a fan of Charles Portis and Denis Johnson--and if you&#8217;re not, then you should be--then this is book is exactly what you&#8217;ve been wanting, what you&#8217;ve been waiting for.&#8221; (Brock Clarke, author of <em>The Happiest People in the World</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;[<em>Sweetgirl</em> is] filled with true wit, cunning, and the unwanted wisdom of a child denied a childhood. This novel comes on like the blizzard at its center, and leaves you dazzled and dazed not only by how much Travis Mulhauser knows, but how deeply he cares.&#8221; (Michael Parker, author of <em>All I Have in this World</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;There&#8217;s a big old neon heart pulsing on every page of <em>Sweetgirl</em>, like the sign to a bar you can&#8217;t help but enter. I felt thrilled and shocked, and I couldn&#8217;t stop turning the pages. Travis Mulhauser is a writer to be reckoned with.&#8221; (Lindsay Hunter, author of <em>Ugly Girls</em> and <em>Don't Kiss Me</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;<em>Sweetgirl</em> is a gritty, compelling novel of a world where even a sixteen-year-old must confront what Edith Wharton called &#8216;the hard considerations of the poor.&#8217; Mulhauser depicts his people and their landscape with uncompromising fidelity.&#8221; (Ron Rash)<br /><br />&#8220;[A] compulsively readable novel...finish the first chapter and you will be hooked...violent, dark, and impressively redemptive... <em>Sweetgirl</em> is a upper-Midwestern homage to great American quest novels like True Grit and Winter&#8217;s Bone. It is a truly memorable and remarkable read.&#8221; (Nickolas Butler, author of <em>Shotgun Lovesongs</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;The perfect balance of humor and heartache... a masterful debut... as wise as it is suspenseful, as funny as it is tragic... written with guts, grit, and grace, <em>Sweetgirl</em> is the book you want to keep you company on a cold winter&#8217;s night.&#8221; (Ploughshares, Best Books of the New Year)<br /><br />&#8220;<em>Sweetgirl</em> works on so many levels, it&#8217;s difficult to know how to classify it... hilarious, heartbreaking and true, a major accomplishment from an author who looks certain to have an impressive career ahead of him.&#8221; (NPR)<br /><br />A lean gutpunch of a novel surfaced from Cutler County this month, and its name is <em>Sweetgirl</em>&#8212;a lyrical tale that practically demands to be read in a single sitting. (Paste Magazine)<br /><br />&#8220;smart, taut, and believable writing&#8221; (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)<br /><br />&#8220;Mulhauser has created a suspenseful tale of sadness and redemption.&#8221; (Herald-Sun (Durham, NC))
zlib_text: The Sweetest Jerk # 1 (An Alpha Billionaire Romance)
  Ava Claire
  Copyright © 2016
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  The Sweetest Jerk Series
  The Sweetest Jerk #1
  The Sweetest Jerk #2
  The Sweetest Jerk #3
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  Table of Contents
  Copyright Page
  PROLOGUE
  CHAPER ONE: NATALEE
  CHAPTER TWO: JASON
  CHAPTER THREE: NATALEE
  CHAPTER FOUR: JASON
  CHAPTER FIVE: NATALEE
  CHAPTER SIX: JASON
  CHAPTER SEVEN: NATALEE
  CHAPTER EIGHT: JASON
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