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A coming-of-age novel and a literary thrill ride about the price we pay to protect the people we love most."A father-daughter road trip you won't soon forget." - Richard RussoA WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK Samuel Hawley isn't like the other fathers in Olympus, Massachusetts. A loner who spent years living on the run, he raised his beloved daughter, Loo, on the road, moving from motel to motel, always watching his back. Now that Loo's a teenager, Hawley wants only to give her a normal life. In his late wife's hometown, he finds work as a fisherman, while Loo struggles to fit in at the local high school. Growing more and more curious about the mother she never knew, Loo begins to investigate. Soon, everywhere she turns, she encounters the mysteries of her parents' lives before she was born.
About the Author
Hannah Tinti is the author of the short story collection Animal Crackers and co-founder and editor in chief of One Story magazine. Her best-selling novel, The Good Thief, is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Quality Paperback Bookclub New Voices Award, winner of the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, and a recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award. Her new novel, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, will be published in March 2017 by The Dial Press. For more information visit www.hannahtinti.com
