The National Book Award finalist, Oprah’s Book Club pick,#1 New York Times bestseller, and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture. A recent immigrant from the Middle East―a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force―yearns to restore his family’s dignity in California. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold onto the one thing she has left―her home. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. Andre Dubus III’s unforgettable characters―people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on―careen toward inevitable conflict. Their tragedy paints a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.