A 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 help.

It will push Jolie out past her depth with a mysteriousadmirer, and Ethan in over his head with his first love, Jolie's mom. But asfather and daughter struggle to find their footing, new vistas beckon: from asurf break in mid-'90s Delaware to group therapy during the Great Recession,from an encampment at Occupy Wall Street to a HoJo on Maryland's EasternShore, from the heights of the Brooklyn Bridge to horizons seldom seen infiction.

The Second Coming is at once an incandescent feat of storytelling andan exploration of an enduring mystery: can we ever really outrun the past,stay true to ourselves while still chasing something new? Full of music andpathos and passion, this beautifully attuned work of fiction makes good GarthRisk Hallberg's extraordinary promise.


Format Häftad Språk Engelska Utgivningsdatum 2024-05-30 ISBN 9781803511085