Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Miriam Toews won widespread accolades for this unusual tale of two mothers. Lucy and her free-spirited friend Lish live with their children in Have-a-Life housing for single mothers-until they set out to find the fire-eating father of Lish's twins. ". few authors have been as successful as J. D. Salinger in channeling adolescent angst . Miriam Toews hits that elusive mark."-Philadelphia Inquirer
