Lake Effect - Softcover

"Lake Effect draws its characters with a sure hand. . . . Cohen's connection to his past seems to remain strong." -"The New York Times ""So outrageous and so true. . . . the book rockets along, powered by the high octane of Cohen's candor [and] off-beat observations." -"The New York Times Book Review" "Contains lines so heartbreakingly apt and funny I stopped to reread constantly. Cohen is a natural." -Jonathan Lethem "Cohen writes with confidence and humor, and he deftly evokes the aimlessness of adolescence." -"Chicago Sun-Times" "Cohen . . . has taken the everyday stuff of life and made it joyously readable. The mundane becomes richly evocative in his hands. The usual becomes unusual, the boring becomes interesting, the sweet becomes bittersweet, and Lake Effect becomes the proverbial book you can't put down." -"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "Arresting and thoughtful. . . . Cohen brings back the flavor of the '80s culture with insight and humor." -"The Washington Post" "Cohen has written a fine book." -"Chicago Tribune" "A universal story of youth, maturity and love, Lake Effect is a probing meditation on the passage of time, an accomplished book." -"Bookpage"

Growing up in Chicago: girls, cars – Rich Cohen's wonderful memoir is like a song by the young Bruce Springsteen.