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<p>In his riveting new novel, Will Allison, critically acclaimed author of <i>What You Have Left,</i> crafts an emotional and psychological drama that explores the moral ambiguities of personal responsibility as it chronicles a father’s attempt to explain himself to his daughter—even though he knows that in doing so, he risks losing her.</p> <p>Life can change in an instant because of one small mistake. For Glen Bauer, all it takes is a quick jerk of the steering wheel, intended to scare a reckless driver. But the reckless driver is killed, and just like that, Glen’s placid suburban existence begins to unravel.</p> <p>Written in part as a confessional letter from Glen to his daughter, Sara, <i>Long Drive Home</i> evokes the sharp-eyed observation of Tom Perrotta and the pathos of Dan Chaon in its trenchant portrait of contemporary American life.</p> <p>When Glen realizes no one else saw the accident, he impulsively lies about what happened—to the police, to his wife, even to Sara, who was in the backseat at the time of the crash. But a tenacious detective thinks Sara might have seen more than she knows, or more than her parents will let her tell. And when Glen tries to prevent the
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Allison, Will
- Publisher
- New York: Free Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781451608199
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.19 / 5 (1,861 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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