Joining the ranks of those fighting for ecological conservation, Flora works to bridge the wide gap between powerful strategists and ordinary Americans, becoming entangled ever more intimately with her fellow activists along the way. In the aftermath, Flora comes of age, navigating a charged political landscape and discovering a love of the natural world. On September 11, 2001, the city’s unfathomable devastation coincides with a shattering personal loss for the trio. As the ‘90s wane, the three friends share in one another’s successes, working together to elevate Joe’s superstardom and raise baby Flora. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals-a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Two generations of an American family come of age-one before 9/11, one after-in this moving and original novel from the “intellectually restless, uniquely funny” ( New York Times Book Review) mind of Nell Zink Named a Best Book of the Year by: The New York Times * New York Magazine * Lit Hub * TIME * O, the Oprah Magazine * Good Housekeeping
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