by Eric Puchner
First published 2013
Warren Ziller walks through his upscale neighborhood, matching his pace to his limping dog. Two days earlier, his luxury Chrysler LeBaron vanished from the driveway. Warren moved his family from Wisconsin's quiet contentment to chase the American dream in California, but everything has gone wrong. He invested their entire savings in a real estate venture that collapsed completely. Now he faces an impossible choice: confess the truth to his wife and three children, or maintain the lie that their comfortable life still exists. Warren chooses deception, setting in motion consequences that will reshape the Ziller family forever. As his secret grows heavier, the gap between appearance and reality widens, threatening to destroy not just their financial security but the trust that holds them together.
Genres: fiction, family, literary-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: California, Wisconsin
Period: 21st-century
545 pages · Pocket Book · Le livre de poche