The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways–and with
unexpected consequences–in acclaimed author Dan Chaon’s gripping,
brilliantly written new novel.
Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can’t stop
searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing for
ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully, moving stealthily from
place to place, managing along the way to hold down various jobs and seem,
to the people he meets, entirely normal. But some version of the truth is
always concealed.
A few days after graduating from high school, Lucy Lattimore sneaks away
from the small town of Pompey, Ohio, with her charismatic former history
teacher. They arrive in Nebraska, in the middle of nowhere, at a
long-deserted motel next to a dried-up reservoir, to figure out the next
move on their path to a new life. But soon Lucy begins to feel quietly
uneasy.
My whole life is a lie, thinks Ryan Schuyler, who has recently learned some
shocking news. In response, he walks off the Northwestern University campus,
hops on a bus, and breaks loose from his existence, which suddenly seems
abstract and tenuous. Presumed dead, Ryan decides to remake himself–through
unconventional and precarious means.
*Await Your Reply* is a literary masterwork with the momentum of a thriller,
an unforgettable novel in which pasts are invented and reinvented and the
future is both seductively uncharted and perilously unmoored.

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