Cover Art by Teresa Tunaley
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An unforgettable story of love, loss, connection and hope
This mesmerizing debut novel tells the tale of a contemporary American family caught in the bittersweet throes of adolescent rebellion—a heartbreaking, hilariously funny, ultimately redemptive quest for love, independence, connection and grace.
When sixteen year-old Leah, a soccer player extraordinaire headed to Harvard, takes up with a high school dropout and former roadie for a rock band, Will and Zoe Tyler launch a desperate battle to keep their daughter from destroying her promising future. Sweet, precocious, twelve year-old Justine, meanwhile, alternates between wanting to save her big sister and follow in her footsteps. As Leah’s rebellion escalates, the small town gossip mill churns, and the Tylers soon find themselves isolated. Jerry Johnson, the townie-turned-town-cop who intervenes, may be the only person in all of Cortland, Massachusetts, who instinctively understands Dostoevsky’s conviction, that “every one is responsible to all men and for all men and for everything.”
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Sample a page... Please ask your local bookstore to carry In Leah's Wake, distributed by Baker and Taylor. In Leah's Wake is also available directly from LBF Books. |
