The Spectacular by Zoe Whittall-Used Anna Solomon the Los Angeles Times Book

the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize

a man she had every reason to be afraid of and to want gone

When escaped criminal Stephen Cawley attacks at the farm

Nancy Thayer shines yet again in this uplifting tale of forgiveness and self-discovery

and her dreams

The Spectacular by Zoe Whittall-Used Anna Solomon the Los Angeles Times BookIt's 1997 and Missy is a cellist in an indie rock and on a tour across America. At twenty two years old, Missy gets on stage every night and plays the song about her absent mother that made the band famous. As the only girl in the band, she's determined to party just as hard as everyone else, loving and leaving a guy in every town. But then she meets a tomboy drummer who is hard to forget, and a forgotten flap of cocaine strands her at the border.