The Second Coming -- Garth Risk Hallberg

<b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>City on Fire, </i>an intimate epic that plunges us deep into the lives of a teenage girl and her father as they navigate love, grief, betrayal, and redemption <p/> "Beautiful and daring." --Nathan Hill, author of <i>Wellness</i> <p/> "Breathtaking." --Christina Baker Kline, author of <i>Orphan Train</i></b> <p/>When thirteen-year-old Jolie Aspern drops her phone onto the subway tracks in 2011, her estranged dad, Ethan, seems like the furthest thing from her mind. A convicted felon and recovering addict, Ethan has long struggled to see beyond himself. But then a call from New York makes him fear his daughter's in deeper trouble than anyone realizes. And believing he's the only one who can save her, he decides to return home. <p/>So begins the journey that will, in time, push Jolie and Ethan--child and adult, apart and together, different yet the same--out past their depths. <p/>Full of yearning and revelation, <i>The Second Coming</i> is at once an incandescent feat of storytelling and an exploration of an enduring mystery: Can the people we love ever really change?<br><br><b>Author:</b> Garth Risk Hallberg<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 09/16/2025<br><b>Pages:</b> 608<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.10lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.33w x 1.37d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780593471012<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>GARTH RISK HALLBERG's first novel, <i>City on Fire, </i> was a <i>New Yor