Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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- $3.99
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Publisher Description
Seth Baumgartner just had the worst day of his life.
His girlfriend dumped him (at Applebee's), he spied his father on a date with a woman who is not his mother (also at Applebee's!), and he lost his fourth job of the year. It's like every relationship he cares about is imploding, and he can't figure out what's going on.
To find answers, Seth decides to start an anonymous podcast called The Love Manifesto, exploring "what love is, why love is, and why we're stupid enough to keep going back for more." Things start looking up when Seth gets a job at a golf club with his hilarious and smut-minded best friend, Dimitri, and Dimitri's sister, Audrey. With their help, Seth tracks down his father's mystery date, hits the most infamous bogey in the history of golf, and discovers that sometimes love means eating the worst chicken-salad sandwich you can ever imagine.
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After the title character's girlfriend dumps him on the same day he sees his father with another woman, Seth starts an anonymous podcast where he plays songs and muses on the nature of love and lust. In addition to the podcast and his job at a country club's pro shop, Seth is also spying on his father's "other" woman, assisted by best friend Dimitri, who plays the sex-obsessed sidekick role. As the podcast grows in popularity, Seth's anonymity is stripped away, getting him in trouble for his candor. At the golf course, a friendship develops with Dimitri's wiser-than-her-years little sister, Audrey, while the plot builds to an over-the-top confrontation among Seth, his love interests, his father, and his father's two women during the annual father-son golf tournament. Though Seth is not quite as evolved as he thinks he is he describes his father's other woman as "a slightly weather-beaten Eva Longoria wannabe," and repeats Dimitri's comment that Seth's mother is a "major-league MILF" Luper (Bug Boy) delivers plenty of laughs for the average male reader, if not feminists. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
I love this book!
Wow, when i first picked this book up I thought it was gonna be boring but I loved it! Seth's character was developed quite well and even though it was a little predictable, it was still a page turner. I finshed it in two days flat! I would recomend this to anyone. except there is cursing in this book, but other than that. I loved it!!!!
GREAT!!!
Brilliant book, highly recommended for anyone who knows about love, has been hurt by love, or wants a good
Laugh. This is a humorous book with a serious plot.