Half His Age

Description

Title: Half His Age
Author: Jennette McCurdy
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2026
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780008617707

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy is an adult literary fiction novel published by HarperCollins Publishers. Written by the author of I’m Glad My Mom Died, it follows Waldo, a seventeen-year-old girl whose loneliness, anger, desire, and hunger for attention lead her toward her creative writing teacher, Mr. Korgy.

The novel explores a deeply uncomfortable relationship shaped by age, power, class, emotional need, and the desire to be noticed. Waldo is impulsive, blunt, wounded, and searching for someone who sees her, while Mr. Korgy represents both a fantasy of escape and a troubling imbalance of authority.

This edition is well suited for adult readers who enjoy darkly comic literary fiction, coming-of-age stories, complicated narrators, and novels that examine desire and power without easy comfort. Its subject matter is mature, so it is better positioned for adult readers rather than younger YA audiences.