Oh, Henry

By Jeffrey Geri

Oh, Henry - Jeffrey Geri
  • Release Date: 2000-09-26
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature

Description

"He's lucky to be a boy," Henry's mother says of her small, homely son.

"Why am I lucky to be a boy?" he asks.

"Because girls need to be pretty. With boys, charm is what counts," his mother explains.

Henry never really stops being a boy, a romantic, idealistic boy, and a bundle of sensitivities and insensitivities.

Starting out as a young Jewish barrister in South Africa, Henry then moves to Israel with his wife Jennie. But he continues to be haunted by Penelope, the free-spirited Catholic beauty who was stolen from him by his best friend Jean.

Written with whimsy, sexy, often funny and sometimes brimming with despair, OH, HENRY is a narrative of the seasons of their lives, as Henry, Jennie, Penelope and Jean play out the complicated web of their relationships.