DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Zach Wyner to the store to discuss and sign his new novel, What We Never Had,  on Thursday, September 15th at 7:00pm. 

Josh is a paragon for the modern postcollegiate. He has a job with no upward path and a dysfunctional relationship with his ex. Through his work with teenagers, he  is beginning to find definition through the haze, gradually discovering purpose and a measure of self-respect. After two shiftless friends take up residence in his apartment, using his couch as a podium to rail against the world, he takes stock of who he is versus who he wants to be. And when his troubled ex finds herself in real danger, Josh can't resist the allure of playing the savior, though now, at least, he may have a little wisdom on his side.

Zach Wyner is a writer and teacher who works with incarcerated youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and lives in Oakland with his wife, stepdaughter, and infant son.​