About An Otherwise Perfet Plan: A Novel of Mystery, Love, and of Chocolate that Defies Description by Ken Schafer
Life has never been easy for Gwen Pendergrass. As a free-lunch student living with her single mom in a one-bedroom apartment, she has to deal with dysfunctional high school teachers, rats who’ll eat anything not encased in cold, hard steel, and a Marquis de Sade-inspired kitchen that seems intent on inflicting grave bodily harm.
The only thing making life palatable is her neighbor Peter, a loner like herself who goes to the same high school, and who shares her love of books, banter, and endless reflection on the absurdities of the universe.
When one of Gwen’s machinations results in her mom—who’d dropped out of college to have her—being offered a chance to have the opportunities she’d given up, it seems like their luck is about to change. Until, that is, Gwen’s mom announces that she has to refuse the offer solely because of her parental responsibilities.
Gwen cannot, will not, let herself once more be the obstacle to her mom’s happiness, no matter the cost. She intercepts the rejection letter her mom was mailing, then ropes Peter into a last-ditch, Hail Mary of a scheme to find her father, undeterred by knowing utterly nothing about him, not even his name!
And while she receives surprising help from unexpected allies, before she knows it, her white lies, scheming, and emotional roller coaster start to make a mess of everything, and it quickly becomes a race to find her dad before her mom catches on, her head explodes, or it all spirals completely out of control.
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Author Bio:
Ken Schafer started his professional writing career as a screenwriter, working for companies as diverse as Disney,Paramount and ABC, and on projects ranging from a prequel to “Sleeping Beauty” to “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and ABC Night at the Movies.
His passion for all kinds of writing, and the enthusiasm of his daughter for all things word-related, inspired him to branch out to children’s books─including his forthcoming “A… is for Ahhhhhhh!”
A Halloween Alphabeastiary”, and “The Cow who Conquered the Moon”─along with both adult historical/Fantasy novels, and his first YA Novel: “An Otherwise Perfect Plan: A Novel of Mystery, Love, and Chocolate that Defies Description.”
He is represented by Anne McDermott at AM Management and can usually be found in San Diego along with his wife, and a Schrödinger’s Number of Cats.