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A relatable novel about unrequited love, rock 'n' roll, and what you find when you go searching for yourself.Sixteen-year-old Nora Wakelin has always felt like an outsider in her own family. Her parents and older sister love her, but they don't understand anything about her: not her passion for music, not her all-encompassing crush on her bandmate Daniel (who is very much unavailable) , not her recklessness and impulsiveness. Nora has always imagined that her biological mother might somehow provide the answer as to why she feels like such an outsider. Through internet stalking and leaps of logic, Nora identifies three women living elsewhere in California who seem like they could be her biological mother. So she sets out to track them each down, one by one, under the pretense of a statewide tour with her rock band, Blue Miles.
About the Author
J. B. Howard received her undergraduate degree in theater with minors in music and screenwriting from the University of Southern California. She later earned her MFA in fiction from Chapman University, where she was a creative writing fellow. She currently lives, works, and writes in Southern California and is an occasional creative writing lecturer at Chapman University. Like Nora, she's a bass player.
