The Twelve Lives Of Samuel Hawley: A Novel

"If you love father-son adventure novels, meet the father-daughter adventure novel, starring Samuel Hawley and his 12-year-old daughter, Loo. They have a lot of guns, and Loo is learning how to shoot at least a few of them. While Samuel, a true freelance, a gun-for-hire, attempts to hide his outlaw identity from Loo, his 12 bullet wounds eventually become a dozen stories that he remembers – and readers learn, along with a great deal more. As Samuel attempts to dull his own pain, Loo passes into adolescence and her own pain awakens. Hannah Tinti’s tender, careful evocation of how memories work for and on each of them makes this a must-read."