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Simon and Schuster
February 2012
On Sale: February 7, 2012
244 pages
ISBN: 141654304X
EAN: 9781416543046
Kindle: B003V1WSP0
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Literature and Fiction Literary
In his riveting new novel, Will Allison, critically
acclaimed author of What You Have Left, crafts an emotional
and psychological drama that explores the moral ambiguities
of personal responsibility as it chronicles a father's
attempt to explain himself to his daughtereven though he
knows that in doing so, he risks losing her. Life can change
in an instant because of one small mistake. For Glen Bauer,
all it takes is a quick jerk of the steering wheel, intended
to scare a reckless driver. But the reckless driver is
killed, and just like that, Glen's placid suburban existence
begins to unravel. Written in part as a confessional letter
from Glen to his daughter, Sara, Long Drive Home evokes the
sharp-eyed observation of Tom Perrotta and the pathos of Dan
Chaon in its trenchant portrait of contemporary American
life. When Glen realizes no one else saw the accident, he
impulsively lies about what happenedto the police, to his
wife, even to Sara, who was in the backseat at the time of
the crash. But a tenacious detective thinks Sara might have
seen more than she knows, or more than her parents will let
her tell. And when Glen tries to prevent the detective from
questioning Sara, he finds himself in a high-stakes
cat-and-mouse game that could end in a lawsuit or prison.
What he doesn't see coming is the reaction of his wife, Liza
panicked plan that threatens to tear their family apart in
the name of saving it. But what if the accident wasn't
really Glen's fault? What if someone else were to blame for
the turn his life has taken? It's a question Glen can't let
go of. And as he struggles to understand the extent of his
own guilt, he finds himself on yet another collision course,
different in kind but with the potential to be equally
devastating. Long Drive Home is a stunning cautionary tale
of unintended consequences that confirms Will Allison's
growing reputation as a rising literary talent.
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