Author: cjhauser

“An innovative work of climate fiction, a nuanced and empathic family story, and, for my money, the summer’s best novel thus far.”–NPR.org“The most oddly enticing novel you will read this year…Keenly satirical yet unashamedly tender.”–Wall Street Journal“Reminiscent of the family explorations of Rick Moody, Jennifer Egan, and Lauren Groff…Full of brilliantly realized characters, Hauser’s … brilliantly realized characters, Hauser’s latest is profound, often incredibly funny, and captures the times like few other contemporary novels.”–Booklist (starred)When Nolan Grey receives news that his father, a once-prominent biologist, has drowned off Leap’s Island, he calls on Elsa, his estranged, older half-sister, to help…