The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways-and with
unexpected consequences-in acclaimed author Dan Chaon's gripping,
brilliantly written new novel.
Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can't stop
searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing
for ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully, moving
stealthily from place to place, managing along the way to hold down
various jobs and seem, to the people he meets, entirely normal. But some
version of the truth is always concealed.
A few days after graduating from high school, Lucy Lattimore sneaks away
from the small town of Pompey, Ohio, with her charismatic former history
teacher. They arrive in Nebraska, in the middle of nowhere, at a
long-deserted motel next to a dried-up reservoir, to figure out the next
move on their path to a new life. But soon Lucy begins to feel quietly
uneasy.
My whole life is a lie, thinks Ryan Schuyler, who has recently learned
some shocking news. In response, he walks off the Northwestern
University campus, hops on a bus, and breaks loose from his existence,
which suddenly seems abstract and tenuous. Presumed dead, Ryan decides
to remake himself-through unconventional and precarious means.
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Await Your Reply** is a literary masterwork with the momentum of a
thriller, an unforgettable novel in which pasts are invented and
reinvented and the future is both seductively uncharted and perilously
unmoored.
