A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - This "deeply immersive novel" (The Washington Post) from the author of the award-winning Preparation for the Next Life is an "epic coming-of-age tale filled with pain, heartache, fear, and undying love" (The Associated Press), as a young man's yearning to protect his dying mother requires him to risk destroying his estranged, enigmatic, powerful father. ...