Searching for CalebThe beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author brings us a novel that is “funny and lyric and true" (The New Yorker). Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle class—Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes—they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that’s why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother Daniel is still wondering. No longer willing to live without answers, he turns to his daughter-in-law, Justine, another Peck family eccentric. A studied tarot card reader, Justine comes across one message over and over in the cards: change is coming. With Daniel’s help, she’s hoping to find the courage to embrace whatever happens next. An unlikely pair struggling against a stifling family, Daniel and Justine believe they’ll find freedom in just the right mix of magic, music, and mystery. |
Contents
Section 14 | 114 |
Section 15 | 118 |
Section 16 | 151 |
Section 17 | 176 |
Section 18 | 200 |
Section 19 | 213 |
Section 20 | 223 |
Section 21 | 252 |
Section 9 | 87 |
Section 10 | 88 |
Section 11 | 94 |
Section 12 | 99 |
Section 13 | 107 |
Section 22 | 253 |
Section 23 | 255 |
Section 24 | 257 |
Section 25 | 265 |
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