NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERΒ β’Β From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond,Β a novel thatΒ exploresβwith sharp humor and a fierce tendernessβthe resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change.
"Hugely entertaining and unfailingly smart.... [A] supersize and audacious novel of American misadventure.β βThe New York Times Book Review
βNathan Hill is a maestro.β βJohn IrvingΒ
Itβs 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson hasnβt seen his mother, Faye, in decadesβnot since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now sheβs reappeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the nightly news and inflames a politically divided country. The media paints Faye as aΒ radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: sheβs facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuelβs help.
To save her, Samuel will have to embark on his own journey, uncovering long-buried secrets about the woman he thought he knew, secrets that stretch across generations and have their origin all the way back in Norway, home of the mysterious Nix. As he does so, Samuel will confront not only Fayeβs losses but also his own lost love, and will relearn everything he thought he knew about his mother, and himself.
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