William Morrow Paperbacks
May 2019
On Sale: May 14, 2019
448 pages ISBN: 0062749870 EAN: 9780062749871 Kindle: B079DQ5NXP Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
From award-winning author Anne Valente comes this poignant and unforgettable literary novel of two estranged sistersβone, a former racecar driver and the other a recently-released prisonerβwho embark on a road trip together to complete the scavenger hunt their mother designed for them before her death.
When Billie is released from a correctional facility in Decatur, her sister Rhiannon is there to meet her, even though the two havenβt seen each other in months. Painful secrets and numerous unspoken betrayals linger between themβbut most agonizing is the sudden passing of their mother, a renowned paleontologist.
Rhiannon and Billie must overcome their differences as they set off on a road trip west, following the breadcrumb-trail of their late motherβs scavenger hunt, a sort of second funeral she planned in her final days. The sisters know the trail will end in Utah at the famous Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry, where their mother spent her career researching dinosaur fossils. But the seemingly endless days on the road soon take their toll, forcing Rhiannon and Billie to confront their hostilities and revisit old memoriesβboth good and bad.
As they travel across the heart of America, and as a series of plane crashes in the news make their journey all the more urgent, the two sisters begin to rediscover each other and to uncover their late motherβs veiled second life, taking them on an unexpected emotional journey inwardβand forcing them to come to terms with their own choices in life.
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