<p><strong>The National Book Award finalist, Oprah’s Book Club pick, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture</strong></p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>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.</p>