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From the bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel comes a dazzling literary mystery about the lengths to which some people will go to rewrite their past. Bestselling novelist Octavia Frost has just completed her latest book - a revolutionary novel in which she has rewritten the last chapters of all her previous books, removing clues about her personal life concealed within, especially a horrific tragedy that befell her family years ago. On her way to deliver the manuscript to her editor, Octavia reads a news crawl in Times Square and learns that her rock-star son, Milo, has been arrested for murder. Though she and Milo haven't spoken in years - an estrangement stemming from that tragic day - she drops everything to go to him. The "last chapters" of Octavia's novel are layered throughout The Nobodies Album - the scattered puzzle pieces to her and Milo's dark and troubled past.
About the Author
Carolyn Parkhurst is an American author who has published two books. Her first, the 2003 best-seller The Dogs of Babel, was a New York Times Notable Book. She followed that effort with Lost and Found in June 2006. Parkhurst received her B.A. degree from Wesleyan University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from American University. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.
