The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways and with unexpected consequences in acclaimed author Dan Chaon's gripping brilliantly written new novel. Longing to get on with his life Miles Cheshire nevertheless can't stop searching for his troubled twin brother Hayden who has been missing for ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully moving stealthily from place to place managing along the way to hold down various jobs and seem to the people he meets entirely normal. But some version of the truth is always concealed. A few days after graduating from high school Lucy Lattimore sneaks away from the small town of Pompey Ohio with her charismatic former history teacher. They arrive in Nebraska in the middle of nowhere at a long-deserted motel next to a dried-up reservoir to figure out the next move on their path to a new life. But soon Lucy begins to feel quietly uneasy. My whole life is a lie thinks Ryan Schuyler who has recently learned some shocking news. In response he walks off the Northwestern University campus hops on a bus and breaks loose from his existence which suddenly seems abstract and tenuous. Presumed dead Ryan decides to remake himself through unconventional and precarious means. Await Your Reply is a literary masterwork with the momentum of a thriller an unforgettable novel in which pasts are invented and reinvented and the future is both seductively uncharted and perilously unmoored. (jacket)
