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Saturday, November 1, 2014

How to Be Manly by Maureen O'Leary Wanket

Published: September 16th, 2014

Description:

When Fatty Matty Sullivan finds a self-help book by former football great Tad Manly at a yard sale, he secretly starts following the old pro’s advice to get in shape and get the girl. Summer goals: lose the milkshake weight, join the football team, and turn himself into the kind of guy super hot Cassie Bale will love.

But between taking care of his grandfather, trying to pass remedial Algebra, and getting caught up in his friend Jester’s half-baked weed-dealing schemes, Matty’s summer isn’t quite the game-changer he’d planned. When on top of it all his dad moves back in with his own plans to get rich quick, Matty suddenly has much bigger things to worry about than football and whether or not Cassie’s going to call him back. And it turns out that there might be more to being manly than he thought.

Maureen O’Leary Wanket’s debut is a sharp, comic novel about trying to do the right thing...even when you’re not sure what that is. 

About the author:
Maureen O’Leary Wanket is a writer and teacher living in Sacramento, California with her husband and two daughters. 

How To Be Manly is inspired by the humor and courage of the students she’s met in her classrooms over the past twenty years. She loves high school football, but only when she happens to teach at least half of the players on the field. Her short stories have appeared in Esopus, Xenith, Fiction at Work, Blood and Thunder, Musings on the Art of Medicine and Prick of the Spindle. 

Maureen writes articles about issues in education for local and national publications. She also muses about inspirations for a writer’s life in Friday Free Topic at her blog.  How To Be Manly is her first novel. Find Maureen on: 


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10 comments:

  1. collengaNovember 1, 2014 at 6:38 PM

    The best part was hanging out with my friends, the worst part had to be gym class.

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  2. AmieNovember 2, 2014 at 12:37 AM

    The worst part was when I started my junior year we moved to a very tiny county town and I hated that change.

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  3. UnknownNovember 2, 2014 at 8:57 AM

    The best part was our tour and the worst is PE class

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  4. stacey dempseyNovember 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM

    The best part of school was my friends and the worst part was the bullies

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  5. nurmawati djuhawanNovember 3, 2014 at 6:01 PM

    my worst memory in school was one of the teacher often hit student's hand with ruler...hate it !!!

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  6. JuanaNovember 4, 2014 at 2:48 AM

    My best school memory is when I was in 2nd grade and my teacher giving me my first book. I believe that because of her I grew to love reading.

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  7. Samantha@WLABBNovember 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM

    In 1st grade, the teacher was giving out Cracker Jacks on Halloween. She was one box short, so she took mine and gave it to the last girl, Donna. I was the only one with no Cracker Jacks.

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  8. Nikki JohnstoneNovember 9, 2014 at 10:13 PM

    The worst part was the bullying. I can't really remember there ever being a good part.

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  9. winemamaNovember 12, 2014 at 10:46 PM

    My best memories from school are from the extra-curriculars I was involved with, musicals, show choir, etc

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  10. justwin4onceNovember 17, 2014 at 1:18 AM

    My best memory was my high school band trip to Mexico City.

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