Charlie Goes Sideways: A Novel

He had a one-way ticket to the top. Now, he's sleeping in his childhood bed.Math genius Charlie Garrity had a simple checklist: power, prestige, money. With an MIT Sloan MBA in his pocket and a dream job in the front office of the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was rounding the bases toward a perfect life. Then came the blindside.With his rocket-like trajectory abruptly stymied, Charlie is forced to do the one thing he swore he would never do: move back in with his zany, chaotic, filter-free family. Between his wine-guzzling mother's weekly allowance, his weed-loving father's high-stakes business pitches, and his curmudgeonly grandfather's constant grousing, Charlie's life has become a documentary of errors-literally, thanks to his aspiring filmmaker brother. To make matters worse, his older sister tries to guilt-trip him into joining her dog-walking business, and his younger sister manipulates Charlie into posing as a Speedo- clad art model. Charlie is desperate to reclaim his once-lofty status, but when a path back to the top forces a choice between his ambition and his ethics, he has to do the hardest math of his life. He knows what he wants-but is he ready to calculate what he actually needs?

Pages: 348, Paperback, RAM Publishing