First published 2011
Charlie Wales returns to Paris years after the stock market crash, seeking to reclaim custody of his daughter from his in-laws. Sober now and rebuilt from his alcoholic past, he confronts the ghosts of his wild pre-crash life: old haunts, bitter relatives, and the city that once embodied his reckless prosperity. As he navigates family tensions and his own fragile redemption, Charlie must prove he can be a responsible father in a world that remembers his spectacular failures. One wrong move could shatter his last chance at reconnecting with his only child.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: redemption, second-chance
Setting: Long Island, Paris
Period: The Roaring Twenties
112 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Penguin Classic
Content warnings: alcohol-abuse, substance-abuse