The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

HI*dreamin' said Hard to put down. Haven't enjoyed a book so much since Donna Tartt's The Gold Finch. Hawley, the rogue, and his teenaged daughter, Loo, are engaging but Tinti also gives us a rich supporting cast, all with enough backstory to make them believable. I am recommending this one to my reading family.. E. Miller said Great book, don't miss this experience. This is the kind of book that wish would not end. Not predictable, beautifully written, great and untypical characters. Does not fit into a genre but explores the theme of transformation. No pat answers delivered and the author does not tell you what to think. You have to find your own way with this book. No black and white here and no formula.. "3.5 Stars An unexpected genre crossing novel.SYNOPSISSamuel Hawley is a single dad, raising his beloved daughter Loo. He does all the typical dad things; he goes to work, makes sure she is fed, educated and that she feels loved. Yet, he's definitely not your typical dad. For one thing, he has 12 gunshot scars on various parts of his body, he doesn't talk much about the past, he and Loo move every 6-12 months (usually abruptly in the middle of the night), he has thousands of dollars hidden around the house in jars filled with licorice, a. .5 Stars" according to Kindle Customer. An unexpected genre crossing novel.SYNOPSISSamuel Hawley is a single dad, raising his beloved daughter Loo. He does all the typical dad things; he goes to work, makes sure she is fed, educated and that she feels loved. Yet, he's definitely not your typical dad. For one thing, he has 12 gunshot scars on various parts of his body, he doesn't talk much about the past, he and Loo move every 6-12 months (usually abruptly in the middle of the night), he has thousands of dollars hidden around the house in jars filled with licorice, a

A father protects his daughter from the legacy of his past - and the truth about her mother's death - in this thrilling new novel from the prize-winning author of The Good Thief.After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley moves with his teenage daughter, Loo, to Olympus, Massachusetts. This father-daughter epic weaves back and forth through time and across America, from Alaska to the Adirondacks. There, in his late wife's hometown, Hawley finds work as a fisherman, while Loo struggles to fit in at school and grows curious about her mother's mysterious death. Both a coming-of-age novel and a literary thriller, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley explores what it means to be a hero, and the cost we pay to protect the people we love most.. Haunting them both are twelve scars Hawley carries on his body, from twelve bullets in his criminal past - a past that eventually spills over into his daughter's present, until together they must face a reckoning yet to come