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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of a novelist trying to rewrite her past and save her estranged son from a murder charge.
Octavia Frost is no stranger to life's twists of fate.
She has mourned a husband and a daughter.
She has watched her son become a rock star, following his progress through gossip magazines: they have not spoken in four years.
And in her own, less spectacular way, she has built a name for herself as a writer.
But the news she receives today will make her rethink everything. And though the situation seems bleak, it could give her a chance to redeem the mistakes she's made in the past. She may still have time to bring her own story to a different ending.
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Praise for The Nobodies Album
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Not just a book about a novelist in action, it's also a meditation on writing itself and on the curious intersections between the imagined world and the real one. . .brisk and engaging. . .the book succeeds in probing nuanced issues of guilt and innocence through an intricate collage of memories and musings. . .Those are some real mysteries, well worth grappling with. - Washington Post
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A massively readable and thought-provoking story - Heat four-star review
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Emotionally charged...moving and poignant - Stylist
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Sharp and engaging...a gleaming alloy of mystery and confessional...Guilt and (mostly parental) responsibility emerge as powerful themes to unite the two traumas of a well-paced and convincingly populated novel - Independent
Carolyn Parkhurst
Carolyn Parkhurst is the author of three novels: Lorelei's Secret (published in the US as The Dogs of Babel) and Lost and Found, which were both New York Times bestsellers, and The Nobodies Album. In 2010, she published her first children's book, Cooking with Henry and Elliebelly, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino.
Born in New Hampshire, she attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where she met her husband, Evan Rosser. She also received an MFA in creative writing from American University. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and their two children.
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