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Book SynopsisA luminous novel from the New York Times bestselling author of City onFire, plunging us deep into the lives of a teenage girl and her father as theynavigate love, grief, addiction, redemption and connection. When 13-year-oldJolie Aspern drops her phone onto the subway tracks in 2011, her estrangeddad, Ethan, seems like the furthest thing from her mind. A convicted felon andrecovering addict, Ethan has always struggled to see past himself. But then acall from his ex makes him fear their daughter's in deeper trouble than anyonerealises. Believing he's the only one who can save her, he decides to returnto New York with a gift: the whole of his life, its hard-won triumphs andharrowing mistakes. . . So begins the intimate epic of Jolie and Ethan: childand adult, apart and together, different yet the same. Their journey towardeach other will face opposition from grandparents and siblings and friends. Itwill strain connections with roommates and benefactors and a probation officerdesperate to
